This is some dashcam footage from a California highway where a truck loses its left front tire and a Kia Soul in the adjacent lane immediately hits it, launching the vehicle like it just reached the end of a Hot Wheels Ramp. I like how the driver applied their brakes
These are two videos (the second being the NIGHT MODE version I was hoping for) of a (potentially modded) Tamiya 4WD scale race car speeding around a mini race track at speeds so quick it’s hard to believe it can go so fast. Of course it’s also hard to believe
This is a video from driving simulator BeamNG.Drive imagining a car (modeled after a BMW/Mercedes) getting crashed into a stationary bollard at speeds of 30MPH, 50MPH, 80MPH, 120MPH, 160MPH, 200MPH, and 260MPH. I learned a lot by watching it. Mostly, that if you ever have to crash your car, try
This is some crash test footage of a JAC E-JS1 from Chinese car manufacturer JAC Motors, which spectacularly fails all the tests with flying colors bodies. It scores zero stars, and a 0% adult occupant protection rating. So if you own a JAC E-JS1 and were wondering what your coffin
This is a video of a trucker impressively stopping his vehicle in very short order to avoid plowing into a terrible minivan driver, who apparently thought oncoming traffic had a stop sign, or is blind. I like how the truck driver gets out and throws his hands up in the
This is a video of CNBC journalist Ray Parisi highlighting a robotic parking garage below the 121 East 22nd building in Manhattan where spots cost $300,000+ to own. An RFID tag lets the system know which car pallet to retrieve, then either brings you your car, or the empty pallet
This is a video of two drivers demonstrating their skills by passing on a narrow bridge. The first backs his car within centimeters of the guardrail, while the other mounts the bridge curb and passes at an angle. Of course you’d think one of them would have just reversed back
This is a video from an Autoball match in Germany of two cars immediately crashing into each other at kickoff, since neither could see the other on account of the giant soccer ball between them. That’s a shame. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my time as a demolition derby