Posts Tagged ‘ Cars ’

Police in Illinois said a man pulled over for speeding told an officer he was trying to dry off his car after getting it washed. Naperville police said Lucas Wright, 24, was pulled over at about 7 p.m. Wednesday after an officer clocked him driving about 100 mph in a 50 mph zone, the...
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A person could know South Korea for a long time without knowing Wanju, an obscure county 112 miles south of Seoul. And, at least until recently, a person could know a lot about Wanju without ever hearing of Cha Sa-soon, a 69-year-old woman who lives alone in the mountain-ringed village of Sinchon. Now, however,...
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The high-powered Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was driven across a grass verge, then across the garden of one luxury home and through the neighbour’s garden fence before ending up on its side. Both officers, who are under investigation, were found inside the vehicle. One suffered minor injuries and the other was left severely shaken. They...
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A 20-year-old was killed in a ‘Starsky and Hutch’-style stunt trying to jump 30ft across a harbour in his car. Jamie Hocking had told friends he would one day use a pier as a ramp and leap over the water in his Rover hatchback and land on the other side. But when he came...
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Raymond Reeder’s house on Kemp Lane has a sign that says, “Beware of bulldog.” A “no trespassing” sign is posted at the entrance of the driveway. He considers himself a gear head and a mountain man. A week ago, Reeder, 39, sawed in half a 1998 Saturn station wagon. “Just to prove a point,”...
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Authorities said a western New York man whose license expired 33 years ago has been charged with driving while intoxicated after police said he drove a van 11 miles without one of its tires. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said another motorist reported seeing a tire falling off a van weaving on a road...
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Workmen were so determined to put down double yellow lines that they hoisted a woman’s car into the air and painted them underneath. They then replaced the vehicle the other way round – complete with a parking ticket. Sally Baker left her Peugeot 206cc on Little Quay Street in Manchester city centre because the...
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A woman in New Jersey made up a fictitious carjacking to explain why she crashed into a tree – when in fact the reason was that she was having sex. According to New Jersey authorities, the 23-year-old initially told police she got lost while driving on Sunday and asked a man for directions. She...
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Eastern Cape police took just 30 minutes to find and arrest a man who proposed love to a woman, then drove off in her car when she asked him to find parking. The physician told him that his patient had picked up a hitch-hiker earlier in July while driving to Pietermaritzburg in her maroon...
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Police arrested a man from Racine after he slammed his SUV into Visions Night Club. Officers say 50-year-old Keith Rasmussen was asked to leave the club after vomiting in the VIP area. After that, witnesses told police Rasmussen got into his SUV, put it in reverse and slammed into the club’s entrance. Police say...
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