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DeKalb County’s $18.9 Million No-Bid Flock Camera Deal Just Produced Its First Felony Case
DeKalb County, Georgia didn’t ease into automated license plate surveillance. Commissioners approved a ten-year, sole-source contract worth nearly $19 million…
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Ford Can Now Remotely Kill Your F-150’s Engine From an App — Here’s How Start Inhibit Actually Works
Flip one toggle in the Ford app, and a two-and-a-half-ton F-150 will roll to a stop and simply refuse to…
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A West Virginia Man Ripped Down License Plate Cameras. State Law Treats That Like Sabotaging a Fire Truck
Somewhere between vandalism and conspiracy, Wesley N. Jackson found out that West Virginia doesn’t have a specific law against destroying…
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California’s AB 311 Would End the State’s 20-Year Ban on Telematics Car Insurance
For roughly two decades, California has been the one state where your auto insurer legally could not care how you…
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A Georgia Police Supervisor Got Busted Using Flock Cameras to Track Her Partner. She’s Number 20 This Year.
Paige Forte had access to one of the most powerful vehicle-tracking networks in the country. She used it to check…
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Chevelle Meets Blazer: A 1972 Muscle Car Rebuilt for the Mud
A 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle that has been separated from its original underpinnings and mounted on a lifted Chevrolet K-5 Blazer…
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VinFast’s India Sport Bike Filing And The Power Number Nobody Reads Properly
VinFast Filed A Sport Bike Design In India. The Interesting Part Is The Power FigureDesign registrations are the cheapest tell…
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IHRA’s Future Thrown Into Doubt as Directors Ousted, Ownership Uncertainty Grows
The International Hot Rod Association is facing what may be its most turbulent stretch in years, with three separate reports…
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What Asake’s New Maybach Says About Nigeria’s July Car Import Rules
A Maybach Landed In Lekki And Nobody Will Say Which One — Here’s Why That MattersThe confirmed facts here are…
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Ferrari Luce Chassis 0 Heads To Monterey With No Reserve — Here’s What Bidders Actually Get
The First Ferrari Luce Sells With No Reserve, And That Detail Matters More Than The EstimateFerrari has built plenty of…
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Charles Leclerc’s Dog Picked the Perfect Spot to Pee: Directly Under Verstappen’s Number
Charles Leclerc was walking his dog through the Hungaroring paddock during this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix when Leo, apparently unmoved…
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Ukraine Just Codified an AWD Electric Military Motorcycle That Recharges Itself With a Gas Can
Every consumer EV company on the planet is still arguing over how to cure range anxiety, bigger battery packs, faster…