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    Study: UK insurer says "reckless fog light drivers" cause 300,000 accidents a year
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    It would probably be easier for researchers to change tracks and start telling us what doesn't cause cancer or obesity or car accidents. Latest on the list of automotive smash-up causes, according to a study by UK insurer Swiftcover, are drivers leaving their fog lights on in good visibility. The ...

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    Video: Why are snowy roads like these never closed?
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    Another winter naturally means more videos of snowy carnage, as Mother Nature teams up with an inclined road to befuddle even those drivers who are used to such conditions. This time the location is Bountiful, Utah on January 21, where a slick bit of downhill becomes an automotive ...

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    Video: Turns out a Dixie Horn doesn't ensure a smooth landing
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    Let us count the ways in which this stunt fails: No Dodge Charger. No Waylon Jennings. No Daisy Duke. Need we even continue? Listen kids, if you're going to pull off a successful Duke boys stunt, you need more than a J.C. Whitney horn. While we give these guys credit for the ...

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    Video: Three killed in 52-car autobahn crash
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    A minor two-car accident on a German autobahn turned into a 52-car pileup with three deaths and two dozen injuries on Friday night. On a stretch of A31 not far from the Dutch border, two sedans got into a "harmless fender bender" in heavy fog. A German newspaper report said traffic isn't normally ...

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    Video: 9-year-old trapped by accident survives for days on Pop-Tarts, Gatorade
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    A car accident near Cove City, North Carolina left a nine-year-old girl stranded upside down in a 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for two days. According to the Associated Press, a pedestrian spotted the overturned car and alerted authorities, who discovered the child alive. Temperatures at night ...

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    Video: Honda teammates collide on last lap of British Touring Car race
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    Uh oh, looks like someone just got Red Bulled. Don't know what that means? Remember back to the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, in which the Red Bull racer driven by Mark Webber was leading the race with his teammate, Sebastian Vettel, right behind in second. It appeared to everyone watching that the ...

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    Video: Queensboro Bridge "Off-Ramp of Doom" claims third VW
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    The Queensboro bridge in New York City has seen its third major accident involving a Volkswagen since March. According to The New York Post, a 2007 Volkswagen Golf lost control while exiting the bridge, struck scaffolding erected outside of a building and landed on top of a parked livery ...

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    Report: How much do traffic deaths cost your state? CDC has the answer
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    Every year, the United States loses in the neighborhood of 30,000 people to traffic accidents. That's like the entire population of a medium-sized town being wiped out annually. The number of deaths not only wreaks havoc with families, but it puts a strain on our economy. In recognition of the ...

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    Report: 21-year-old driver survives 200-foot plunge into Grand Canyon
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    Veering off the road is a scary event. Veering off the road that runs around the rim of the Grand Canyon is downright terrifying. Typically, a scenario that involves the terms "Grand Canyon," "automobile" and "plunge" usually end with the phrase "the fat lady has sung." For one particular ...

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    Video: Lexus shows off world's coolest driving simulator in new safety commercial
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    Lexus' next (really) big thing – Click above to watch commercial after the jump
    It's no longer kosher for carmakers to run simulations on computers that can fit on desks, because that's for chumps. If you don't have gear fit for a Hollywood blockbuster or a trip to Mars, well, you're not ...

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