This cute film from Eric B. Shanks (the guy behind this
Pilot Stops Plane for Family of Murdered Child
What's this? News from an airport that doesn't make you want to vomit blood in outrage? Finally. A man stuck in airport security gridlock could say goodbye to his dead grandson when his flight's pilot refused to depart without him.
TSA Agents Hate Touching Your Junk
"Don't touch my junk" is the rallying cry of the harassed traveler; "I do not want to be here all day touching penises," is the dejected slogan of the TSA agent. Won't anyone think of the junk-touchers?
Tomorrow, The TSA Can Aggressively Pat Down Your Genitals
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will update its pat-down methods at 450 U.S. airports on Friday to allow more aggressive touching, with inspectors instructed to touch travelers' personal do-not-fly zones if they refuse scanners. Who's ready for a road trip?
Worst Travel Day Of The Year More Worst By 1.4%
Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Unless, of course, you happen to be flying, driving, watching the news or talking to anyone. Because then you'll know today's the worst travel day of the year — 1.4% more worst than last. More statistics below.
AAA Predicts Slightly More Holiday Driving, Slightly Less Holiday Self …
Every holiday the AAA, which is a quasi-governmental agency more powerful than the FRC but slightly less powerful that the pentaverate, puts out the results of a nationwide survey that tells them how many people will be hitting the roads. According to their survey, this year slightly less people (about 0.3%) will by…
On-Roading: How to Keep Your Car Out of the Snowy Ditch
With wintry weather a real possibility
Thanksgiving Day Travel... It's Snowy Out There
A lot of our readers will be hitting the highways in an effort to ignore their family for football and clog their arteries with gravy (I can't wait for gravy), so as a continuation of our earlier attempt at public service
Gas Prices No Deterrent to Turkey Day Travel
Despite gas prices that are sometimes a $1 more a gallon, more people are going to be driving to get their fill of turkey and awkward family silences. According to AAA, a record 38.7 million Americans will be traveling more than 50 miles or more from home during the break, approximately 1.6% up from last year. About…
Trailers for Sale or Rent: Wilderness!
An (non) independent adjudicating authority that exists in the form of only one of the guys that exists in the form of Jalopnik.com has declared that "King of the Road" by Roger Miller is the website's (Inter)national anthem. Yes, we will stop with the parentheses now. And while Airstream is the official trailer of the…
The Green Hell Awaits: Comprehensive 'Ringage
Ben Lovejoy is a man who is mightily obsessed with the N rburgring — so much so that he tromped about through the Eifel to find a way to get his car onto the now-disused S dschleife. He's also assembled a fan site filled to the rim with Brim, featuring facts, tips on travel, insurance, car hire et. al. and an engaging …
Hippy Dippy Do: Fin de Seventies Underground Bus Trip
Patron saint of San Pedro Mike Watt
Around the Nation in 80 Days: Terence's Small-Town Roadtrip
There was nothing for Terence in Belfast. The Pound was so old it was a pity. Okay, there was the Trident in Bangor, and then he'd walk back to the city. So he left Ulster and came to New York, and now he's taking 80 days to drive around the US in a Mini, along the way visiting the smallest town in every state.…
Sure Am Low On Plaster of Paris, Sure Am Low On Gasoline: What Is this …
We've been fascinated by the Salton Sea ever since we first saw it on a map as a little kid. What was this odd lake out in the vast wastes of Southeastern California? But we've never been. When the Hot Snakes released Automatic Midnight in 1999, featuring the track "Salton City," with its haunting "Give us a kiss!" meme,…
This World is Big, And So Are We: Trans-Americas Journey
When Ray and Austin crashed the parade
