http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/philadelphia http://jalopnik.com/tag/philadelphia The woman sought by police for knocking a 7-Eleven employee through the store's window with her Dodge Caliber then driving off turned herself in today. Her reason for fleeing? "She was afraid." Of a 7-Eleven clerk with a shattered leg? More »
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Planners in the Philadelphia suburb of Newton Township are betting the solution to aggressive drivers is "Traffic Calming," which places temporary "obstacles" in the road. These "obstacles" are better known to racers as "chicanes." More »
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Adam Cramer runs a vintage motorcycle shop in Philadelphia, and filmmaker Andrew David Watson pulled him away from his obsession long enough to hear Cramer's lament for the loss of American craftsmanship. Do your children know from a Phillips screwdriver? More »
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Police in Philadelphia want to speak with an elderly woman who took her Buick Century station wagon the wrong way down Interstate 95 Thursday at 50mph, causing four separate accidents. Here's amazing video of it actually happening.UPDATED: She's 84. More »
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Freedom. Liberty. Chocolate frosting. Three of our nation's cornerstones were "smooshed" by the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday, when it seized the truck of the popular Cupcake Lady. Do not get between Americans and their convenient desserts. More »
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The Philadelphia transit workers union showed mercy on baseball fans, delaying a strike while the World Series was in town. Now that it's headed back to NYC, the strike's on. No buses, subways or trolleys. Have fun commuting Philadelphia. More »
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A driver of a rented Lamborghini Gallardo crashed into a minivan Friday in Philadelphia, killing himself, a passenger and the driver of the minivan. Not surprisingly, the driver is suspected of speeding. [MyFoxPhilly] More »
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From New York to San Bernardino, drivers in America's cities live in their cars. Below we use Google Earth to take an in-depth look at the intersections of the nation's 20 most traffic-congested cities. More »
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The police in Philadelphia are taking an ingenious step in an attempt to slow down motorists: deploying 3D speed bumps. Rather than going through the painstaking task of installing real speed bumps, the Philly police are simply laying down flat plastic "speed bumps" that mimic the real thing, all in an effort to fool drivers into slowing down — at least once. Upon first glance, these speed bumps aren't very convincing. But we're sure while traveling at a good 30 or 40 mph they look significantly more realistic. More »
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Is an air-cooled Japanese cartruck both cooler and more hellish than an airbrushed Malaise Detroit Vantruck? According to almost two-thirds of you, it is! Today we're going to hit the mailbag again, adding yet another reader to the waiting list for the next run of PCH Tipster T-shirts, because McGyver managed to come up with a pair of totally irresistible choices. How about a Spanish-built French car with an air-cooled two-banger... versus a forward-control Jeepamino? The agony! More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=350465&view=rss&microfeed=true So you've taken yourself out to the ball game and spent nine long innings boo, boo, booing for the home team, but instead of peanuts and Cracker Jack you've bought 19 cold foamers (the better to wash down that pint of Granddad you smuggled past stadium security). Whoa, little too much buzz! Well, better stagger out to the parking lot and rest for a while in the Audi... where you start the engine and promptly pass out with your foot wedged on the gas. The good news is that some fellow Philadephians rocked the brotherly love and shut off your engine before it spun all the bearings; the bad news is that they filmed the incident and posted it online for the world to see. – Murilee Martin More »
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A Foster's Lager truck apparently lost its sense of balance and tipsied on up, expelling its cargo of kegs all over South Philly's Schuylkill Expressway. And it apparently wasn't being filmed for a clever ad. But we're still sitting here repeating "Remoawt Controawl" over and over in our best Paul Hogan accent and reminiscing about this really cute Australian girl who went and got knocked up before we were clear for a shot at her. She so hated it when we used to get right in her face and say, "Beeeah!" And then she'd slap us playfully and made us sorta wish we weren't kinda dating the person who introduced us. More »
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