Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 7, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Arsonists Shut Down German Tesla Plant For Weeks Tesla’s Gigafactory in Germany isn’t expected to have … Read more
Boeing and Alaska Airlines are being sued for $1 billion in damages by three passengers who were onboard a 737 Max 9 flight that suffered a now-infamous door panel blowout midflight. The suit accuses both parties of negligence. Why You Should Trade in Your Old Audi A3 for a Used Polestar 2 | WCSYB? Announced … Read more
New ratings for front crash prevention systems – IIHS News The first IIHS tests of automated front crash prevention systems was implemented in 2013, and tested vehicle detection of vehicle-to-vehicle, and front-to-rear crashes. In the early days of this test, ratings were assigned based on tests conducted at 12 and 25 miles per hour, as … Read more
Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) The safety of small jets is under scrutiny after a Bombardier Challenger 600 crashed on Interstate 75 in Naples, Florida last week. The pilot and co-pilot were killed when the plane hit the roadway amid highway traffic. The flight left Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio with five people … Read more
Airlines are resuming flights with the troubled Boeing Max 9 planes which were all grounded following the door panel blow-out incident on Jan. 5, but aviation experts say that these planes still have significant and potentially dangerous quality-control issues. – Logan Carter Read More Read more… Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz … Read more
Gif: Grant County Sheriff’s Office A truck hauling circus animals caught fire along Interstate 69 in Grant County, Indiana, prompting police to close the highway amid a frenzied rescue. The Indiana State Police joined the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and few other agencies to save the circus animals aboard the burning trailer, including camels, zebras … Read more
The prevalence of collisions caused by distracted driving has increased at an alarming rate, leading traffic fatalities to spike in the last few years. NHTSA says that traffic deaths reached a 16-year high of nearly 43,000 in 2021 (the most recent year detailed data is available) but less than one percent were linked to cell … Read more
Screenshot: KSL-TV An oil tanker driver is lucky to be alive after a terrifying crash on U.S. Highway 40 in Wasatch County, Utah last week. Kent Ashton was driving his truck slowly in white-out blizzard conditions when another car slid across the roadway toward him. Ashton left the road attempting to avoid a collision, KSL-TV … Read more
When the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed in late 2021, it got a lot of attention for funding electric vehicle charging, high-speed rail, bridge maintenance and a lot of other basic infrastructure needs. What didn’t get much attention was a provision requiring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update seat strength requirements in cars. NHTSA … Read more
Dash Cam Captures Snowy Crash Scene || ViralHog The silver medal goes to Alaska. The largest, northernmost and least densely populated state in the Union had 28 total winter driving fatalities, but 1.65 deaths per billion vehicular miles traveled. Dash cam footage recorded in Fairbanks, Alaska from February 2022 shows just how treacherous driving in … Read more
