Being hit by a bus is a pretty typical thing and not a headline item.

Read the linked article - he’s a more interesting person than for simply falling through a hole.

Why do pedestrians step out in front of vehicles right now? I’m just saying they are upping the odds from the noisy vehicles that firetrucks are right now. If it’s as loud under NHTSA requirements it won’t be silent, will it?

Not heading back to the station.

How old? Nice.

I get the feeling this will lead to “Pedestrian hit by firetruck; didn’t hear it coming.”

The slight chance that the dive was purposefully initiated for some other reason than crashing the plane? The Red Bull pilots purposefully left their two respective planes, they did not intend to crash. Slim? We’ll know if they release details from the cockpit voice recorder.

The theft law will make zero difference. They aren’t being stolen to be used as replacement parts, they are being stolen to have their guts pounded out and the dust sent offshore to get the precious metals melted out. All that a VIN marking does is add a couple of bucks to where someone takes an air chisel to slice…

I loved that short Michael Moore series about Juarez. In a ride-along he asks a person who is helping in relocating US jobs to Mexico why the Mexican workers for US companies are paid so little. The person waves generally towards the seemingly endless numbers of dirt-wall homes with reclaimed corrugated steel roofs…

Sure. It’s that simple. I like those “I retired $40k in debt” articles that then go on to explain how they cut back on Starbucks and went out for dinner less and refinanced the apartment building their parents gave them under more favorable terms. Or, like Bill Gates, who just happened to have his mother be on the…

The root cause is that most trustworthy lenders won’t handle small loans at all and particularly for people who have zero collateral. The cost to even re-posses the car is greater than they are likely to make back and chances are the owner will stop paying if the car has another repair required - possibly one that…

The Japanese brands that I recall were well made but tiny and built on that reputation for reliability at a time when US brands were still working off the amount of chrome and rust they could put on the road. My perception of the Korean cars was to take on the appearance of competitors and features without the…

Not for crashes from the side in the USA. Maybe it will take another famous, well-liked person to be horrifically disfigured and killed to get the side-impact requirements changed.

At least he held to the request “Not the face!” As long as they back it into the parking spot not many will notice. Just nudge the wing back, a light buffing - good as new.

The flying of drones has been going on for nearly 70 years. All remotely piloted model airplanes, helicopters, quad-copters, are considered “drones” under the crack-down.

So is the engine in that plane. But the original question was on weight alone.

I believe that damage to the SUV was from being struck by one landing gear leg.

Moose weigh far less than that and rarely are closing the gap at close to 150 mph yet they still manage to kill people.

It appears to be a Chevy 5500HD, an extended/crew cab small dump bed truck. If so then the tank is located outside the frame rail directly under the front doors. with the filler cap in the front passenger side fender. Available with up to 65 gallons of diesel capacity.

From the after picture of the toasted utility truck I’d guess that the inertia from the fuel and the rigidity of the truck frame, which did not buckle, that the fuel tanks were torn loose and ruptured right under the truck making a good fuel spray that was ready for any spark to ignite.