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HGV driver shows how you’re supposed overtake cyclists

HGV driver shows how to pass cyclists properly

When it comes to the conduct of drivers and cyclists on our roads, it’s very easy to focus on examples that shine a bad light on the situation –...
Published 05 June 2018
Hotel valet parks a guest's Porsche ... under another car

Hotel valet parks Porsche ... under SUV

A hotel valet at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency had a tough morning on Thursday, May 31, after losing control of a Porsche and wedging it beneath another
Published 31 May 2018
Police officer directs traffic while 'riding' dinosaur

Video: Cop directs traffic while 'riding' dinosaur

A police officer in Thailand has been filmed directing traffic while wearing a costume that makes him appear to be riding a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Published 30 May 2018
Squirrels stash pine cones in car engine bay

Squirrels stash pine cones in engine bay

A Michigan resident got a shock when he discovered hundreds of pine cones under the bonnet of his car on May 11.
Published 17 May 2018
Watch this dog drive a truck into phone shop

Watch this dog drive a truck into phone shop

Dogs are meant to be man's best friend but you'd probably have a bit of a falling out with Fido if they drove your pick-up truck into a shop.
Published 03 May 2018
Top Gear presenter Rory Reid just horrified car purists with this question

Top Gear presenter just horrified car purists

What would you say to a person who was considering adding a bodykit from a hot Porsche Cayman GT4 to a standard 981 series model?
Published 27 April 2018
BBC captures car crash outside Ant McPartlin's car crash court hearing

A car crashedoutside McPartlin's crash hearing

The BBC captured a three-car crash outside the magistrates court that was hearing the Ant McPartlin drink driving case.
Published 16 April 2018
Here are seven doomsday cars to get you through the impending apocalypse

Seven doomsday cars for the apocalypse

Apparently the apocalypse is just around the corner; a Christian conspiracy theorist said so. And unlike all previous predictions of the end...
Published 12 April 2018
The best motoring gifs in the world part 1

The best motoring gifs in the world part 1

Gifs ... what the internet was made for.
Published 11 April 2018
This is what happens when an HGV trailer hits a bridge at full speed

Video: What happens when an HGV hits a bridge?

This is the incredible moment a lorry trailer destroyed a pedestrian bridge in Montreal, Canada on Wednesday.
Published 05 April 2018

Watch as baby crawls across major road in Vietnam

A baby was captured on dash cam as it crossed a major road in Quảng Ninh, Vietnam. The shocking footage shows a lorry and car stopping...
Published 27 March 2018
James Corden cried while watching ‘beautiful’ Down Syndrome Carpool Karaoke

James Corden cried watching Down's Carpool Karaoke

Actor and TV star James Corden says he cried while watching a Carpool Karaoke-style lip sync video in support of World Down Syndrome Day.
Published 21 March 2018