Chronicling the Ever-Changing Automotive Industry
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by John Suit
A 100-mph (estimated) crash was caught on a dashboard camera by a Sugarcreek Township police car, in the Beaver Creek area of Ohio. The driver, 19 year-old Brennan S. Eden, was driving his Pontiac Firebird on the median strip when he struck the guardrail, launched his car sideways, and careened into the center post of an overpass. At that point, he was ejected from the car and the car itself split into 3 pieces. Surprisingly, Eden lived, and was conscious at the scene, although for obvious reasons he was flown to Miami Valley Hospital where he’s listed in critical condition. The crash happened around 7:15am on August 23rd, shutting down southbound traffic for 6 hours on I-675. Click past the jump for the video.
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From the “And you thought YOU had it bad?” department comes a report from the AFP, via Google News. The report says that drivers on the Beijing-Tibet expressway experienced a slowdown on August 14th due to extra cargo trucks entering the roadway headed for the capital, and the problem was compounded 5 days later by scheduled roadway maintenance. Now there’s a mini-economy of merchants selling food and water at inflated prices to stranded motorists – who says greed isn’t good? The traffic jam, which crawls continuously, is expected to last until the end of the road maintenance, which is scheduled to continue until mid-September.
Chalk this up the rate of growth of the Chinese automobile industry – it’s seen an increase of 1 million cars in the last 2.5 years, almost ten times faster than cities like Tokyo did it.
by John Suit
Source: AFP via Google News
While it’s not a specific car I’m talking about this time, this one hits close to home. This incident happened in Montgomery County, MD, where I currently reside. Turns out that a repeat DUI offender named Rene Fernandez was involved in a collision last August, when his Tahoe struck a Honda Accord in the oncoming lane. The ironic part? The driver of the Honda was none other than Edwin Collier, a retired judge who had let Fernandez off light in 1998, when Fernandez was caught driving drunk for the second time in 3 months.
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MythBusters Host Jamie Hyneman
On last night’s MythBusters, hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman wrecked a bunch of cars. Why, you ask? All in the name of science. In a previous episode, Jamie said that two cars hitting each other at 50mph was the same as one car hitting an immovable object at 100mph. Viewers wrote letters to the pair of hosts, complaining that Jamie was incorrect. Read on for the videos and more synopsis.
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So, you want to save the environment or lighten your gasoline expense? Naturally, you look to the many hybrid vehicles out there. Most of the major players currently have hybrid models on sale. In the near future, there will be a bevy of smaller players joining in on the fun. In the mean time, SFGate has ranked 7 of the most popular hybrids by the number of years until you “break even.” Click past the jump for more info.
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