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Ruh Oh: Florida drops all charges against woman framed by police for traffic accident

This is just... well, decide for yourselves. A Hollywood, Florida police officer rams into the back of a woman's car. Three other cops arrive on the scene and they concoct a fictional story about a cat jumping out of a car, and the officer thinking it's a pedestrian, thereby causing the accident. They then pinned a DUI charge on the woman. The cops even went so far as to change the angle of the pictures to make it look like the woman swerved in front of the police car. And it gets worse from there -- and it's all caught on the video. One ... Read more →

VIDEO: Sir Stirling's House in London, complete with carbon fiber elevator Noah Joseph

F1 drivers tend to accumulate a great deal of money over the course of their careers, and few have had careers quite as distinguished as Sir Stirling Moss. Over the course of only ten years in ...

Florida signs new primary seat belt law, gets $35 million from gov't Michael Harley

Drivers and front-seat passengers in Florida may be cited for not wearing seat belts when a new law takes effect on June 30. Known as a "primary" seat belt law, the law allows enforcement officers to ...

SmartForFiveOh: Small Florida town employs Smart police cruiser Frank Filipponio

When your Police Chief is six-feet tall and weighs 280 pounds, you might consider it cruel and unusual punishment to issue him a Smart fortwo as his police cruiser. But that is exactly what the ...

Toyota sees more struggles in 2009, blue skies next decade Chris Shunk

The US auto industry has hit a serious slump in 2008, with overall sales estimated drop by two million vehicles compared to 2007. Even the mighty Toyota has seen sales slip by 7.8%, which is better ...

State shaped like penis bans Truck Nutz 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/State_shaped_like_penis_bans_Truck_Nutz'; Truck drivers in the great phallic state of Florida can kiss their Truck Nutz good-bye after getting the shaft from their state government. The state senate decided that adorning a hitch with a set of bull ...

Irony: Red light cameras a safety impediment 1 year ago on Autoblog

Red light cameras are nothing more than a surreptitious tax. Oh sure, they're sold to municipalities as a safety benefit, but what else would you say if you wanted to be paid to install, administrate, and monitor your little ticket-writing bots? The cities and towns that put the cameras greedily ...

Field of Dreams: Exotics to gather in Florida for Supercar Weekend 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you live in South Florida, or can manage to get there, you may want to mark off the last weekend in January on your calendar. West Palm Beach is hosting what's being billed as the largest supercar show in the world, taking place along the waterfront from January 24-27, 2008. The fouth annual ...

Hulk Hogan's son injured in serious car accident 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/celebrity/Hulk_Hogan_s_son_injured_in_serious_car_accident_PIC'; TMZ, and every other celeb-obsessive site on the web, is reporting that Nick Hogan, son of former WWE superstar Hulk Hogan, is in serious condition after crashing his yellow Toyota Supra in ...

Florida may become 12th state to adopt CARB standards 2 years ago on Autoblog

As the nation's fourth-largest state, Florida is about to take a big step forward in the war against car emissions, which might be a tipping point for the whole nation. It looks like Gov. Charlie Crist is about to join the CARB crowd and add his state to the list of those with limits on greenhouse ...

Miami remains No. 1 city for road rage 2 years ago on Autoblog

We used to think L.A. had the most incidents of road rage per mile in the country, but when visiting the city of Angels last November for the L.A. Auto Show were surprised that it wasn't as bad as we were expecting. That's probably because Miami, FL was rated as the city with the worst road rage in ...

VIDEO: Sentra SE-R hot laps with Tommy Constantine 2 years ago on Autoblog

During last week's ride and drive of Nissan's new Sentra SE-R, we were assigned instructors to ensure we didn't pull a Griffin and understeer one of their new rigs into a wall. There were several instructors from the local school on hand to give us a familiarization lap around Homestead, but there ...

Florida to become 2nd state to ban radar detectors? 2 years ago on Autoblog

Thanks to Florida State Senator Steve Oelrich, the Sunshine State could become the second state in the union to ban the use of radar detectors by motorists. Oelrich proposed the bill to the state legistature on Wednesday, which would make the use of radar detectors in the state a secondary traffic ...

Live in Florida? Are you a Mechanic? Come work for Mosler 2 years ago on Autoblog

How did you find your last gig? Craig's List? Help Wanted ad? Nepotism? Supercar builder Mosler took an interesting tact to find mechanically inclined talent in the land of oranges and botched ballots, by placing a full-page, color advert in Grassroots Motorsports. The company is in search of all ...

General Motors' marketing missteps over Miami 3 years ago on Autoblog

Writer Lee Hawkins, Jr. at the Wall Street Journal has written an in-depth examination on a common General Motors complaint: its apparent lack of attention to the East and West Coasts markets. Using the South Florida market as an example, Hawkins writes how a series of misses and ...

Man triggers OnStar in his Escalade, leads police to coke stash 3 years ago on Autoblog

If it weren't so forehead-slappingly stupid, it'd be hilarious. Oh, wait, nevermind... it is hilarious. 38-year-old Floridian Ralph Gomez (pictured) is in St. Johns County Jail on $15,000 bond, no doubt cursing his own stupidity. Gomez was showing off a Cadillac Escalade's OnStar ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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