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Man Miraculously Walks Away After Horrific Motorcycle Crash [VIDEO]
Let this video of a motorcyclist crashing at top speed into a passing truck be a lesson to all drivers: Motorcycles are dangerous, riders should always wear a helmet and Ryan Gosling probably won’t be around to smooth things over when the two drivers meet. Despite the severity of the crash (which shatters the motorcycle in question), its rider miraculously gets up and walks it off.
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Bear Takes Stolen Car for a Joyride [VIDEO]
It’s bad enough that bears have been known to attack random hikers. Now the animals seem to have graduated to grand theft auto.
According to MSNBC, a bear gained entrance to a parked Toyota Prius in Lake Tahoe, California. Once inside the car, the animal destroyed the interior, then rolled down a steep 25-foot driveway after accidentally putting the car into neutral.
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Working Batmobile Available to Buy on eBay for $620,000
A turbine-powered Batmobile replica manufactured by Pusch Racing Designs can be yours for $620,000. Owner Casey Pusch posted the car on eBay, but thus far, we suspect the listing has attracted more bloggers and comic fans than serious buyers.
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Stolen Police Car Joyride Captured on Dashboard Camera [VIDEO]
When police pulled over Arthur Lee Thompson, he immediately denied doing anything wrong. But he sure was about to. The 38-year-old Summerville, South Carolina man begin to fight with the officer, and in the confusion, Thompson managed to jump into the cop’s unoccupied cruiser, and take it on a terrifying 100 mph-plus joyride right down the middle of a busy two-lane road.
And the whole incident? Captured on a security camera mounted in the dashboard.
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Driver’s Fred Flintstone Braking Technique Results in Multiple Crashes [VIDEO]
A Georgia man was aware that his pickup truck had no functional brakes when he took it for a drive Wednesday afternoon. But the 24-year-old was under the mistaken — and likely Saturday morning cartoon-influenced — impression he could just stop the vehicle by sticking his foot out the door and dragging it across the pavement, Fred Flinstone-style.
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Horrific Gas Station Car Crash Captured on Security Camera [VIDEO]
A security camera caught a horrific crash on tape in Texas as an SUV careened into a gas station and nearly struck two men, reports ‘The Early Show.‘
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Driver Miraculously Rescued as Sanitation Truck Crashes Through Third Story of Building [VIDEO]
A Department of Sanitation truck somehow managed to smash halfway through the wall of a third story parking garage in Queens, New York Wednesday morning, leaving both the vehicle and the driver dangling perilously in the air.
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One Lucky Ass Squirrel! [VIDEO]
This has to be the luckiest limb rat in the history of squirreldom!
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Guy Narrowly Escapes Getting Hit by a Train [VIDEO]
There’s no doubting the ease and creativity with which this gentleman avoids an oncoming train. Courtesy of UK based YouTuber BlackMoonCGI (who had a hit video a few months ago with his take on what’s inside Dr. Spock’s scanner), with this instructional video you’ll never get stuck with your car on the train tracks again.
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Your First Listen Of Weezer Covering The Cars "You Might Think" Is In The "Cars" Movie Trailer [VIDEO]
We mentioned this a couple days ago in the RockNews. Weezer has covered The Cars hit “You Might Think” for the new Cars 2 Soundtrack. We haven’t found a full length single yet. But I did find a snippet of it in the new Cars 2 trailer.
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Why I Think Cars Should Not Be Legalized
These days all the things that are harmful to you are being legislated away. Personal freedoms are being taken away in the name of "protecting" you (I blame insurance companies even more than the government). Lately I've been obsessed with the idea, "what if cars were invented today?". Read my thoughts after the jump.