It's Now Officially Illegal To Use GPS On Your Phone While Driving In…

To anyone who's visiting California from another state, my advice is just to put the smartphone down. Seriously, learn to use Bluetooth or the USB connector if your car has one and just leave it alone. Don't even ask it for directions now.

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1969 Fiat 500 Berlina: The Jalopnik Classic Review

In Italy, old Fiat 500s are ubiquitous the way aging VW Beetles are everywhere else. They weren't around for as long – from 1957 until 1975 (as opposed to the Beetle's much longer five-plus decade run) – but they make a lot of sense on narrow Italian streets, so a lot of people bought them over the years. Here in the…

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Dad Arrested For Leaving His Kid In The Truck At A Titty Bar

Generally speaking, children and bars are a bad combination. And even though small children tend to love breasts, their appreciation of them is quite different from the average strip club patron's, so nudie bars are out, too. But that didn't stop 24-year-old SoCal resident Santos Barillas from bringing his 2-year-old…

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This 13-Year-Old Thought A Nissan Armada Would Make A Good Chase…

Remember when the thought of kids running away from home meant they would take some comic books, a Game Boy and a bunch of candy in a knapsack and didn’t make it much more than to the end of the block? Did that ever happen outside of crap sitcoms?

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The Cars Of California's 'Anti-Football Run' Are All Obscenely Great

Bowl season can be the worst, especially if you don't care about college football or your team has been kind of crappy the last few years. (I'm a Texas fan, I know what I'm talking about.) So some gearheads out in Sausalito, California have figured out a solution to this: the Anti-Football Run, and it's been going on…

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Driving Around With A Grenade In Your Car Is A Terrible Idea

Even if it's a dud, keeping a grenade in your vehicle can get you in a lot of trouble. But Jeryd Priddy didn't seem to consider such behavior as aberrant as he cruised through Oildale, Calif. with a short-barreled shotgun and a dud grenade in his truck. The cops did.

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