Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Offbeat News. Show all posts

Watch a Ford Focus do a 180-Degree Flip after Getting Caught on a Trolley Wire!


Russian dashcam videos never cease to amaze us. Just when you think you have seen it all, along comes an incident that defines the word 'strange'. And guess what; the driver is not the one to blame here…

The man seen in the video driving the previous generation Ford Focus hatchback, was going his way when all of a sudden, the car's front end clipped a street trolley wire that had fallen onto the road.

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Brazilian Truck Driver Crashes and Dangles Over a Bridge, By Passers Come to Help with a Rope


A truck driver in southern Brazil was captured on tape trying to escape along with his…luggage after an accident that occurred on the Chavantes bridge, which connects the Brazilian states of Parana and Sao Paulo, this past Saturday.

A local website named Npdiario reported that the driver, Aguinaldo da Silva, lost control of his two-trailer truck when he tried to avoid a passenger car that suddenly stopped in front of him and ended up crashing over the guardrail with the truck cabin dangling over the water.

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Chuck Norris Approved: Truck Driver Thrown Out of Cabin During Crash Lands on his Feet!


You have to see this accident to believe it. In the video footage that follows, we see the driver of a long lorry suddenly turning left into the other lane to avoid a crash with another truck that had stopped in the middle of the road – who knows why.

A third truck coming from the other direction has no choice than to make a small maneuver and smash into the lorry's metal container.

What follows next, will leave you speechless as the second truck's driver, who was obviously not wearing a seat belt, is thrown out of his vehicle's window but he manages to land on his feet without suffering any injuries!

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One Helluva Dedicated Traffic Cop Hitches a Ride to Catch Lawbreaker


Now this is one traffic officer who really takes his job seriously! On September 19 (the date shown on the footage is wrong), a 46-year old policeman stopped a black Skoda Octavia for a traffic violation on the road alongside the Fontanka River in Central Saint Petersburg, Russia.

A driver of an unrelated car or truck, who we come to know as Roman Ilchenko from the name listed on his YouTube channel, was traveling on the street recording everything though his dashboard-mounted camera.

At around 1 minute and 25 seconds into the first video and on the right side of the road, you can see the traffic officer holding on to the side of the Octavia that was trying to make a getaway.

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Motorcyclist Gathering at St. Louis' Ride of the Century Doesn't Sit Well with the Cops


For the past 10 years, the city of St. Louis plays host to the annual Streetfighterz Ride of the Century (ROC) festival.

The 2012 edition of the ROC gathering took place last weekend with hundreds if not thousands of riders traveling to Missouri to attend the event.

At some point, the bikers hit the highway in large groups and the Missouri Highway Patrol got involved and started following the bikers, many of whom were recording the ride.

In the first clip, which was said to be shot by multiple people from many angles, we see two cop cars driving alongside a group of motorcyclists. At the 2:10 mark, some of the riders break off and cut through the grass to make a run for it as patrol cars had partially blocked the road in front.

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Now That is One Extremely Lucky Motorcyclist



If you only watch the first few seconds of this dash-cam video, you are probably going to think that this accident did not end at all well for the BMW biker, as it looks like he got caught under the vehicle – which, judging from its height and the absence of a visible hood, appears to be a truck. Read more »

Frankenstein Would Be Proud: The Audi A4 Avant S-Line from Tin Hell


There are people who like to neatly tune and polish up their rides and then there's this owner of the most bizarrely modded Audi A4 Avant we have ever laid eyes on.

We could not find a lot of information on the tune (if you can call it that), but the pictures and video speak much, much more louder than words.

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Lada 2104 Performs a Kamikaze Act on the Highway

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It could be that the driver of this dark-blue VAZ-2104, better known under its Lada nameplate out of Russia, could be thinking why the heck are all these cars going the wrong way or perhaps he or she was too wasted to know what was going on at the time.

All we know is that several drivers on this highway should consider themselves extremely fortunate for not getting into a deadly head-on collision with Russia's version of the "Kamikaze" act and just hope that we don’t discover a related dash-cam video over the next couple of days…

Consult the video just past the break for a closer look at the incident.

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Russian Truckers Get Together and this Time, it Gets Really Ugly [NSFW]


Earlier today, we shared a dash-cam video of two truck drivers in Russia ganging up (to some extent) on a passenger car that had attempted to overtake them.

Now, another video of a group of truckers that was recorded on September 9 has been making the internet and even television rounds in Russia – and this one is far more violent.

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Polish Moving Truck is in a Really, Really Big Hurry


Who knows why the driver of this small truck in the city of CzÄ™stochowa in south Poland was in such a big rush, but we can't really say that we have ever seen something like this…

The driver and passenger of the vehicle filming the truck seem to be having a good time watching it speeding on the sidewalk and bypassing the traffic and the lights, so we gather some of you may too.

Just hop over the break and check out the video that follows.

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So That's How They Lower Their Transport Costs in China…


How many small trucks can you fit on the loading area of full size truck trailer? Well, that depends on who and where you ask that question.

In China, for example, a lorry was filmed carrying a total of 18 trucks (!) spread out in two rows. Now that's what we call being efficient – not to mention being a hazard for the rest of the road users…

A short video follows right after the break.

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What Kind of Drivers is Honda Targeting with its New "We Know You" 2013 Accord Ads?


In life, there are always two ways to see things: the glass can be half-full or half-empty. This may also be the case for some of the new TV spots Honda has prepared for its 2013 Accord, which goes on sale in the United States today, September 19.

The multimedia campaign is named "It Starts with You" and it puts a lot of focus on new technologies that help drivers avoid certain situations that could place them in danger, including the LaneWatch blind-spot display and forward collision warning systems.

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NASCAR's Tony Stewart Caught On Film Groping Rivaling Driver's Wife's Butt…for Good Luck


Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart had both his hands full at the Chicagoland Speedway last weekend, but not in the way you may think….

Just moments before the race began, Stewart was captured on video by ESPN putting both hands on the...rear deck-lid of DeLana Harvick, who happens to be the wife of fellow NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick.

Despite jumping in surprise, DeLana didn't seem to be so annoyed, and before you jump into any twisty conclusions, you may want to hear what the three-time Sprint Cup champion had to say about the much publicized episode.

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What do you Say About this Scion FR-S Coupe's License Plate Holder?


A license plate holder with the wording "GET MAD" on the top surround and "I LOVE (in the shape of a heart) DRIVING SLOW" on the bottom sounds like a nice fit for a full size minivan, preferably in a beige shade, but it looks out of place on a sports car like the Scion FR-S Coupe.

Then again, the owner of the rear-wheel drive Japanese coupe who looks like he or she just picked up the car (judging by the absence of a license plate)was probably in a humorous mood when the idea popped up.

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Humor us With Your Captions: Talk About Having a Bad Hay Day…


This video of an old Lada sedan peeking out from a gigantic nest of hay that is resting on its roof (and which may or may not have been filmed in Russia), just begs for some comical captions.

The 'bad hay day' in our article's title is the first thing that popped in our heads upon viewing the clip but we are pretty sure that you can come up with better captions that we would just love to read in the comments section that follows beneath the jump.

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Ouch…Jogging Man Violated by a Tram


Seriously now, what was this man thinking when he started jogging on the tracks of a trolley car?

Though the video isn’t very clear about this, we are going to assume that he was wearing earphones listening to music or perhaps his favorite radio station when the tram came approaching from behind and well, let's just say rammed him off his feet…

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Hyundai Tries to Catch Star Dust Coming Off Korean Rapper PSY – Does it Make the Equus Look Cooler?


Unless you have been living in a different planet for the past few months, you have probably heard, seen and perhaps some of you have even secretly tried to do the invisible horse dance featured in the wildly popular music clip "Gangman Style" from South Korean rapper PSY – if you haven't, fear not, you can find the video after the jump.

With the music clip having been viewed more than 212 million times as of today, September 18, PSY's latest song has become an internet sensation, something that didn't go unnoticed by Hyundai Motors.

Even though the official video stars a Mercedes-Benz SLK roadster, South Korea's biggest automaker is attempting to position itself near PSY and his "Gangman Style" hit with a photo post on Facebook that shows the 34-year old singer leaning against a California license-plated Equus sedan with a "Swag-o-meter" positioned right beside it.

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Thunderstruck: Russian Mayor's Toyota Land Cruiser Almost Hit by Lightning on the Road


It’s never a boring day on Russian roads as there's always something interesting to be captured on film by the myriad of dashboard-mounted cameras used by local drivers.

Just the other day (never mind the 2100 date on the video), a resident of the Russian town of Zheleznogorsk, which as we learned, was established in 1950 for the production of weapons-grade plutonium, was minding his own business when all of a sudden thunder struck down on the road at the same time that a Toyota Land Cruiser was passing by.

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You May Want to Slow Down Next Time…


If you are going to speed on a road that you shouldn't in the first place, you ought to at least pay twice the attention to things like, oh say, vehicles that are in front of you and stop lights.

That's a lesson learned the hard way by the motorcyclist featured here and who imprinted his helmet on the rear window of a Porsche Cayenne in Russia.

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Tuned Corvette Z06's Drifty Burnout Almost Turns Sour [NSFW]


There's nothing wrong with getting excited about your freshly updated ride, especially if said car happens to be a badass looking and sounding Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C6, but you shouldn't let your guard down either.

In this video, we have the driver of a murdered-out Z06 with Texas license plates receiving his car after what we assume to be an aftermarket upgrade.

As the young man gets ready to enter the 'Vette, the person behind the camera politely asks him how much the rims cost, only to receive the answer..."Too much".

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