The Oregon Department of Transportation Would Like You To Fuck
Don’t you ever doubt that the Oregon Department of Transportation isn’t down with the times and hip with the kids. When…
This Is A Real Video Created By A Real Government Agency And I Love It
In the 1940s, Oak Ridge National Laboratory helped create nuclear weapons. In 2016, Oak Ridge National Laboratory made…
The U.S. Government Wants To Electronically Limit Truck Speeds
The U.S. Department Of Transportation submitted a proposal last week that would require heavy duty vehicles to be…
Florida Postal Worker Caught Dumping Your Mail In The Trash
If you’re wondering why the tracking number on your mail takes you to a landfill, a restaurant surveillance camera…
Used Car Salesman Surprised To Find Customer Is Actually His Prime Minister
“I got a call on Friday night to say that the Prime Minister was on his way round to look at one of our cars,” used car…
The EPA Will Not 'Ban Race Cars' After All
Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency put forth a 629-page proposal to curtail vehicle emissions.…
America's Car Safety Regulator Still Doesn't Have Its Shit Together
In 2011, the U.S. Department Of Transportation audited the America’s car safety regulator, the National Highway Traffic…
Congress Will Vote On Lowering The Big Rig Truck Driving Age To 18
Republican senators want to lower the legal age for driving a full-sized semi-truck across state lines from 21 to 18.…
This Is What The U.S. Auto Industry Calls A 'Strange Odor'
Look at that picture. See the conflagration? The inferno? The fiery mark of Satan himself? That’s what the auto…
Why Doesn’t The U.S. Have An Annual
Car Safety Inspection?
Hello and welcome to Letters to Doug, your weekly question-and-answer column with me, Doug, a self-described automotive…
A Train From 1836 Could Be Buried In Brooklyn Because Of Petty Politics
A beautifully preserved 1830s steam train is thought to be lurking under a busy thoroughfare in one of the posher parts…
The US Mail Truck You Know And Love Is Going Away Soon
The US Postal Service runs about 200,000 Grumman Long Live Vehicles (LLV) all over the country, which you'd recognize…
The Department Of Homeland Security Wants To Stop Road Sign Hacking
The fun police, and also real police (Department of Homeland Security) are fed up with pranksters turning boring,…
Oklahoma Leads Charge For More CNG Trucks In Government Fleets
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is leading an initiative to put more natural-gas burning vehicles in 22 government…
NHTSA Proposes Safety Standards For Older Drivers
The elderly among us can be a bit sensitive, so I’ll try to phrase this gently (but also loudly, as they can be heard…
Air Marshals: The Assholes Of The Sky
Anyone who travels regularly wants to believe that federal air marshals are friendly heroes who are aboard every single…
Looking Too Generic Can Cost You Your Driver's License
Do people always tell you that you look "just like" someone else they know? Do you live and drive in Massachusetts? If…
53 Members Of Congress Signed This Anti-Letter Letter To The EPA
Confused by the new letter grades on EPA window stickers? So are 53 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who've…
SNL Imagines TSA Agents as Sex Workers
SNL wasted no time spoofing the TSA—and its controversial pat-downs—tonight when it aired a retro spoof ad that likened…
If A Jet Engine Creates A Wormhole In The Forest...
...and there's no one around to hear it, does it make a sound warp space-time? Inquiring minds want to know. Here's the…