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The standard history of automobiles reads that in just a few decades cars made horse-drawn carriages obsolete. Poverty and resourcefulness, however, bring us this fine Eastern European counterexample of a horse-drawn Fiat 600. More »
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Officers in Lawrence Township, Ohio spent the better part of an afternoon chasing a suspect down a rural highway. The suspect, named Java, was clearly unarmed and maintained a low speed while weaving in and out of traffic. He's a horse, of course of course. More »
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Joel Appleman was driving to work in Central Pennsylvania when he came upon an Amish horse team pulling a tanker truck safely out of the snow. Fortunately, he had his camera and captured the conquest of old technology over new. More »
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Oh that? That's nothing, just my horse in the back seat. Don't judge, OK? (Hat tip to TheCroatianGuy!) More »
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Can you tell which of these two horses is the new emblem for the upcoming 2010 Ford Mustang? Besides the color, there are actually some subtle differences between the two. Considering the trend of retro styling, will the new emblem actually look older than the current one? Choose your horse, place your bets, and make the jump to find out. More »
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No, this Roush Horse Trainer isn't powered by the pony up front. It's designed to be a sort of mobile corral, allowing trainers unprecedented access to a moving race horse. Built for Kurt Systems, a Turkish camel and horse racing equipment provider, the Trainer encloses a horse in its booms, steering it in the same direction as the vehicle using reins connected to the front wheels. More »
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A man in rural Kentucky, fed up by the high price for diesel, has decided to trade driving for riding. He'd rather fill up his horse with oats than spend $4.00 a gallon putting fuel in his truck, so he's riding everywhere in protest. This is easier for the gentleman because he's a sign painter and not, you know, an ambulance driver. His argument loses some coherency until he starts to show off that he can multiply by twos. The tired horse was later quoted as saying "I hope to God that the price of beef doesn't suddenly shoot up." [CNN] More »
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A sad story from New Zealand as an odd horse v. car accident resulted in the death of two (three if you include the horse, which was mercifully put down by the police). The accident happened along State Highway 35 near Opotiki on the North Island of New Zealand after a horse, being ridden by a teenager, bolted from the sand dunes and onto the highway, where it was crushed by an east-bound car. It was the 15th car-related fatality in New Zealand over the holiday. More »
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