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Motorcycles Deadlier than War
2 Comments Published by Jason October 31st, 2008 in Survival, Vehicles. Share ThisIt would appear that the incidence of United States Marines dying in motorcycle accidents has outpaced Marine deaths in Iraq. A problem so serious that Commandant of the US Marines, General James Conway will be meeting specifically with other members of the top brass to address it.
In the past 12 months, 25 US Marines [...]
So There I Was, Surfing the Top of My Driverless Van…
0 Comments Published by Joel April 7th, 2008 in Sports, Vehicles. Share ThisPardon Crime Scene KC, but I’m just going to quote your post in its entirety. Every word is crucial:
Man climbs onto the roof of the moving minivan he had been driving. He stands on the van’s roof until it crashes and throws him into the woods, police say.
The guy gets up, takes off all his [...]
School Girl Gets Run-Away Bus Under Control, Detention
0 Comments Published by Jason March 17th, 2008 in DIY, Survival, Uncategorized, Vehicles. Share ThisI actually like the lesson this girl is learning: no matter how much good you do, if you break the rules — you gots to pay!
Seems the young girl was on the bus when calamity struck and she leapt to action…
Marina High School student Amanda Rouse was on a bus with 40 elementary school students [...]
Now thats effing stupid!
8 Comments Published by Jason March 9th, 2008 in Cars, Games, Sports, Survival, Vehicles. Share ThisAn 18 year old in Florida died while “surfing” a Cadillac Escalade. Evidently he was in a shopping cart, holding on to the Caddy. They hit a speed bump and his eulogy will be very embarrassing.
Cameron Bieberle, 18, of Winter Park was thrown to the ground after the Cadillac sport utility vehicle he was holding [...]
Video: Gut Rumpus-Inducing Airbus A330 Aborted Landing
6 Comments Published by Joel March 4th, 2008 in Jobs, Vehicles. Share ThisI am captivated and horrified by aircraft in the first place, so this video of Lufthansa Flight LH44 from Munich landing in Hamburg—full, I’m told, of technology folk going to the big CeBIT gadget convention—is the sort of thing that will be running on a loop in my mind as I take a flight this [...]
Brooklyn Brewery Family Bereaved
0 Comments Published by Joel November 26th, 2007 in Beer, Vehicles. Share ThisSteve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, lost his son last week in a bike accident in New York. Our condolences.
Sam Hindy, 27, was killed on Nov. 16 after he and a friend mistakenly biked onto the upper level of the bridge, which is reserved for cars and trucks. When Hindy turned around, he hit a [...]
Beer Pong Champion Tire Cover
1 Comment Published by travis September 18th, 2007 in Beer, Vehicles. Share ThisEnjoy unnecessary field sobriety tests? Nothing gives me the jollies more than a cop forcing me to walk a line while repeating the Declaration of Independence backwards and blowing into a high-tech dildo. Decorating your vehicle with beer pong memorabilia is just asking for this to happen, but you are a champion, so who give [...]
Video: Red Bull Air Race Rio de Janeiro
1 Comment Published by Joel September 6th, 2007 in Vehicles. Share ThisFor your viewing pleasure, a video of prop-driven airplane acrobatics that doesn’t end in a fireball but yet somehow remains entertaining.
Requisite “Highway to the Danger Zone” soundtrack, should you choose to accept it. I’ve never seen anybody do a prop stop like they do at the end. That’s got to be hell on the prop [...]
If the Segway Wasn’t a Hip Enough Method of Transportation…
8 Comments Published by travis August 21st, 2007 in Vehicles. Share This …comes the Hyperbike.
The circumference of an eight foot diameter wheel is roughly twenty-five feet and cadence, or the rate at which a person pedals, is most comfortable at a rate of 13 beats every 15 seconds. Gearing that allows an operator to rotate the wheels four times each pedal cycle, or at a [...]


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