I thought 'how ironic is it that two people with a relatively rare name, one as a first, one as a last, would be in the news together?' and then I spent like 8 seconds on Facebook learning that journalism is still dead. Shawn Abbey is the real name. Still not a bad coincidence.

I blame the quick oil change places for not checking the blinker fluid on these peoples' cars.

Good ones. I think the US version of this is the left signal that I have seen truckers using for as long as I can remember. This is what I do after dark (or when hauling something). If the other driver can see into my cabin, I always give a friendly wave.

Good fuel economy comes from a low Cd, which comes by disturbing as little air as possible. That is in direct contrast to what happens to the air when some downforce is required.

I have never really understood the 'Aussie burnout', but I do appreciate that their pushrod engines can run float the valves that long without spilling their guts all over the place. Never get tired of listening to a V8 over 7000 rpms.

Hmm

How is is possible to have a story like this without footage from the dashcam of the both the vehicle she stole and the one that TVI'd her out. And when did PIT become TVI?

Damn straight. I gave in to temptation once and started the old '64 Corvette for some friends when I was about 14. Didn't dare even move it out of the garage even though one of them wanted to go for a ride around the block. Wasn't aware of the ACC position when I turned it off and it ran the battery dead. My dad…

That is awesome how the lights stayed on long after the interior wiring and switch had been consumed by fire. Quite the opposite of old Lucas systems that only work when the magic smoke is carefully contained.

Looks more like airbag damage than a human ejection attempt.

I always figured they were more like apostrophe's

MY EYEEEEESSSS! Please God, tell me that is a photoshop.

It doesn't matter how bright (or loud for the 'loud pipes save lives' crowd) your bike and garb are...the cagers don't see you. I ride a bright red bike, bright helmet, pretty loud pipes (carbon cans on a Ducati), always ride with my high beam on during the daytime and have had plenty of people look straight at me…

Apparently, they have enough money to make brand new 10-lane wide strips of asphalt everywhere (looks fairly rural with not much traffic for that size of road), but not enough for curbs, lane lines, signage or lighting. I am guessing it costs far less for the oil-based asphalt over there than it does in America...and…

Too many TLA acronyms

Oh. Now that more pictures have been posted, I see that the 'black Chevelle/Malibu' is actually part of the dismembered blue Chevelle. Whoever was in that had their life spared so that they could face the judicial system. We can only hope that the TX death penalty finishes the job that physics failed.

I loathe unnecessary no turn on red signs.

Thanks for bringing up those memories.

I don't have a demeanor that allows me to sit in bumper to bumper traffic every day without doing something regrettable. Verizon Air Card and public transit, FTW. I never imagined I would be one of the 'bus people', but it's amazing how much work I get done and how little stress I have when I don't give a fsck…