https://backfirenews.com/aussie-man-crashes-800k-lambo-at-car-wash/
Aussie Man Crashes $800K Lambo At Car Wash


The driver, a 40-year-old man, reportedly lost control of the vehicle after mistakenly pressing the accelerator instead of the brake, propelling the car across a garden bed and directly into a power pole. The collision was so severe that it snapped the pole in half, resulting in significant damage to the car and surrounding property. Eyewitness footage captured the aftermath, showcasing the extensive carnage that included torn-up grass, shattered glass, and the high-value car cordoned off by police tape.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/swiss-police-seize-7-million-143000942.html
Swiss Police Seize $7 Million Pagani Huayra Codalunga in Traffic Stop


Powered by an AMG-sourced 6.0-liter V12 engine, the Codalunga boasts 840 horsepower, enabling a blistering 0 to 60 mph acceleration in just 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 230 mph.

 

Aussie Man Crashes $800K Lambo At Car Wash

At least it's clean.

 

Keep your eyes on the road, not on your phone!

Oregon State Police shared dramatic dashcam video showing a crash on Highway 224 in Clackamas County. OSP said in a Facebook post that the “vehicle drove off the roadway after the driver took their eyes off the roadway and landed approximately 200 feet down an embankment.”

We finally have flying cars.

"Given ticket for flying without pilot's license"

 

 

No end of respect for those guys. The small part of my tax bill that pays for their retirement, pensions and medical care is a blessing to pay.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/...ilot-viral-speech-passenger-rules-flight.html
Delta pilot is slammed as a 'narcissistic dictator' after issuing a VERY strict list of rules to plane passengers in lengthy speech - while bizarrely referring to himself as the 'servant leader'

I don't have a problem with this. People are acting like fools on airplanes. Let them know who is the boss on that flight.

 

 

911 Dispatchers received a call about a traffic accident. Two Good Samaritans found the male victim down in the #4 lane of the southbound I-5, and luggage and belongings spread down the traffic lanes. The victim told them that his female friend had thrown him and his suitcase out of the vehicle that he was in and then ran him over and left the scene. The male was transported with major injuries to UCSD Hospital and was in surgery for upper body trauma. SDPD officers found the female in a Volvo SUV on the transition ramp from the I-5 south to the CA-15 north. The Volvo was on the right shoulder. Apparently, the male victim had the key flob on him, and when she drove away, the vehicle came to a stop approx 1/4 mile away due to the key flob not being near the SUV. The female rambled on for a while. as the SDPD officers questioned her, but eventually, the female told both SDPD and the CHP officer that the male and her had been fighting with each other at a hotel in downtown San Diego, and the fight continued when they left. She claims that the male was driving and then started to strangle her while driving. He pulled over, got out of the vehicle, and then grabbed his suitcase. It’s not clear if she admitted to running the male over, but there is damage to the hood and windshield, and there appears to be a tire tread mark on his back. After a long period of questioning, the CHP detained her for further questioning and investigation.

 

Update from our accident last June. It's been quite a while but I finally was able to get to my long-awaited scheduled neurology consult. He reviewed all the MRIs and CAT scans with their analyses and the ER reports, examined and tested me and listened to what my wife and I had to say and agrees that the continuing nonstop daily headaches, confusion and recall issues, along with worsening balance issues are from the concussion sustained during the accident. At this point, try this medication and see if it helps (and if you can live with the side effects) and if not, we'll try something else. So it's still a wait and see situation... At least the back and chest pains are gone and wife and son are also doing OK.

 

Update from our accident last June. It's been quite a while but I finally was able to get to my long-awaited scheduled neurology consult. He reviewed all the MRIs and CAT scans with their analyses and the ER reports, examined and tested me and listened to what my wife and I had to say and agrees that the continuing nonstop daily headaches, confusion and recall issues, along with worsening balance issues are from the concussion sustained during the accident. At this point, try this medication and see if it helps (and if you can live with the side effects) and if not, we'll try something else. So it's still a wait and see situation... At least the back and chest pains are gone and wife and son are also doing OK.

Slow progress, it seems... but slow is better than nothing at all...

 

Slow, but very frustrating... My memory is terrible, my balance is shot, my head constantly hurts, can't concentrate, can't sleep which makes me grouchy as all hell... Turning into your stereotypical grouchy old man.

 

 

Seems a bit like a story looking for a controversy. Would we have seen a similar report if this had been a regular car that happened to stall in the middle of the bridge? Cars stall in traffic all the time -- I don't see it as any kind of indictment off electric vehicles that an electric vehicle stalled in traffic. I have no idea what went wrong, but she said that it was telling her she had 24 miles of range left. I've had several gasoline cars that had that same ability and I learned immediately that it was merely an estimate that could be wildly inaccurate. So if I bought a car and relied on that estimate to start across a long bridge and I ran out of gas partway across and caused a multi-car pileup, would they be doing a news piece on me, painting me as the innocent victim, and be talking to the place I bought it from trying to find out whether they would take it back?

 

The coins brought luck, alright ... of the bad kind:

Flight in China delayed four hours after passenger throws coins into engine

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In a video shared by multiple state media outlets, a flight attendant is seen questioning a passenger believed to have thrown the coins, asking them how many coins were thrown into the engine. The passenger, whose identity was not revealed in the video or by state media, can be heard on camera saying “three to five” coins.

 

Seems a bit like a story looking for a controversy. Would we have seen a similar report if this had been a regular car that happened to stall in the middle of the bridge? Cars stall in traffic all the time -- I don't see it as any kind of indictment off electric vehicles that an electric vehicle stalled in traffic. I have no idea what went wrong, but she said that it was telling her she had 24 miles of range left. I've had several gasoline cars that had that same ability and I learned immediately that it was merely an estimate that could be wildly inaccurate. So if I bought a car and relied on that estimate to start across a long bridge and I ran out of gas partway across and caused a multi-car pileup, would they be doing a news piece on me, painting me as the innocent victim, and be talking to the place I bought it from trying to find out whether they would take it back?

That's a real problem, people do blindly accept those numbers just like they blindly accept GPS directions that send them into the river or down train tracks.

The EV part of the story is self-serving (media milking a good story, etc...) but the story about the truck driver likely deciding to move to the rail instead of hitting the cars is one of those classic corner-case problems for self-driving cars.

 

The coins brought luck, alright ... of the bad kind:

Flight in China delayed four hours after passenger throws coins into engine
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Imagine how many coins it might end up costing them to repair/replace the engine.

 

Imagine how many coins it might end up costing them to repair/replace the engine.

That guy should've tossed bills instead ...

 

That's a real problem, people do blindly accept those numbers just like they blindly accept GPS directions that send them into the river or down train tracks.

Agreed -- and the problem is only getting worse and worse as the ability to think continues to rapidly erode.

The EV part of the story is self-serving (media milking a good story, etc...) but the story about the truck driver likely deciding to move to the rail instead of hitting the cars is one of those classic corner-case problems for self-driving cars.

Yep -- and that's been the key point that I've been harping on ever since they started talking about self-driving cars. I immediately got so tired of the utopian rose-colored glasses that everyone seemed to be wearing (and largely still seem to be wearing).

 

The coins brought luck, alright ... of the bad kind:

Flight in China delayed four hours after passenger throws coins into engine
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This is the second time I've heard of this.
https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/and-now-for-something-weird.124706/post-1150427