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This Might Be The Slowest Drag Race Ever

We normally set up drag races to test the acceleration of a car in a straight line. It’s a good way to evaluate…

Elizabeth Blackstock

PublishedNovember 1, 2020

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Watch This Truck Gracefully Maneuver A 152-Ton Trailer On A Two Lane Turn Pike

Truckers need to handle incredibly unwieldy loads sometimes, and watching the logistics of maneuvering something…

Erin Marquis

PublishedJune 9, 2020

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Car Culture

The First Semi Truck Was Invented 122 Years Ago To Transport The Earliest American Cars

In 1898, automobiles were still pretty new and pretty hot. In our laziest glory, we had invented a motorized way of…

Justin T. Westbrook

PublishedApril 27, 2020

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3/20/20

The Failure Of This Self-Driving Truck Company Tells You All You Need To Know About Self-Driving Vehicles

Starsky Robotics is a self-driving truck company that was the first company to run an unmanned semi on a public…

Erik Shilling

PublishedMarch 20, 2020

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12/27/19

This Is A Great Case For Staying Off The Highway In Foggy Conditions

There is no scarier road condition than thick soupy ground-level fog, and when conditions are as harrowing as…

Bradley Brownell

PublishedDecember 27, 2019

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Car CultureCrashes

Mustang Driver Somehow Uninjured After Getting Wedged Under Semi, Dragged

“Getting dragged” has a few different meanings these days. There’s the online kind, which happens when someone posts…

Alanis King

PublishedMay 13, 2019

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Big Rig Appears to Come Out of Nowhere, Crashes Into Semi

Divided highways are great, because vehicles traveling at high speeds in the opposite direction are far away and out…

David Tracy

PublishedMay 8, 2019

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Racing

Semi Trucks Can Do Sick Donuts, Now That You Ask

Some of the best vehicle-related entertainment around is done by vehicles least likely to entertain, like school…

Alanis King

PublishedApril 22, 2019

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Car CultureCrashes

This Disappearing Cop Car Illustrates Exactly Why You Need to Slow Down in Winter

A tractor-trailer weighing many tons smashed into the side of a police SUV Monday morning on a slippery road in…

Erin Marquis

PublishedFebruary 12, 2019

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Car Culture

Everything About This Mercedes 1:18 Scale Tractor and Semitrailer Is Adorable

Scale-model cars, especially 1:18 scale ones, are a true joy. They are small enough to fit on a bookshelf or a desk,…

Kristen Lee

PublishedJanuary 30, 2019

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18-Wheeler Smacks Two Highway Overpasses Before Losing Its Cargo

Have you ever noticed the height warnings on the freeway and wondered, what do trucks do if they’re cruising along…

Erin Marquis

PublishedNovember 15, 2018

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Car CultureCrashes

Watch This Big Rig Tumble Down an Embankment and Remember That Road Signs Are There for a Reason

We’ve all done it at least once in our lives. We’ve looked at a road sign and gone, “pfft, yeah right”, and gone…

Elizabeth Blackstock

PublishedOctober 13, 2018

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Mercedes Driver Who Got Pushed Down the Interstate by 18-Wheeler Sues for More Than $1 Million

Last month, videos of an 18-wheeler casually pushing a car down the interstate in San Antonio popped up on Facebook.…

Alanis King

PublishedSeptember 12, 2018

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Driving a Three-Trailer Road Train Isn't As Bad As You'd Think

Those massive triple-truck road trains that dominate our highways baffle me. “What type of person would subject…

Aaron Brown

PublishedAugust 20, 2018

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Car Culture

Toyota's New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Has a 300-Mile Range

Toyota is one of the few automakers actively pushing hydrogen fuel cell technology into the mainstream. Already,…

Kristen Lee

PublishedAugust 1, 2018

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4/12/18

VW And Toyota Team Up To Develop Self-Driving Trucks With 'Sense Of Urgency'

Today’s car companies are absolutely gigantic corporate overlords, so it’s interesting when two of the very biggest…

Raphael Orlove

PublishedApril 12, 2018

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3/30/18

Don't Do This

Spotted, Wednesday on Highway 99 in Fresno, California: a man holding onto a tractor-trailer, cruising down the…

Erik Shilling

PublishedMarch 30, 2018

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Here's What It's Like To (Poorly) Drive And Back Up An 18-Wheeler

If you like doing things in your life like eating food and owning objects, then chances are really, really good that…

Jason Torchinsky

PublishedMarch 8, 2018

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3/4/18

A Truck Hauling Exotic Cars Crashed Into A Different Low-Ass Bridge

While plebeian workaday cars can be transported on an open trailer exposed to the elements, high end automobiles…

Bradley Brownell

PublishedMarch 4, 2018

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This Might Be The Slowest Drag Race Ever

Watch This Truck Gracefully Maneuver A 152-Ton Trailer On A Two Lane Turn Pike

The First Semi Truck Was Invented 122 Years Ago To Transport The Earliest American Cars

The Failure Of This Self-Driving Truck Company Tells You All You Need To Know About Self-Driving Vehicles

This Is A Great Case For Staying Off The Highway In Foggy Conditions

Mustang Driver Somehow Uninjured After Getting Wedged Under Semi, Dragged

Big Rig Appears to Come Out of Nowhere, Crashes Into Semi

Semi Trucks Can Do Sick Donuts, Now That You Ask

This Disappearing Cop Car Illustrates Exactly Why You Need to Slow Down in Winter

Everything About This Mercedes 1:18 Scale Tractor and Semitrailer Is Adorable

18-Wheeler Smacks Two Highway Overpasses Before Losing Its Cargo

Watch This Big Rig Tumble Down an Embankment and Remember That Road Signs Are There for a Reason

Mercedes Driver Who Got Pushed Down the Interstate by 18-Wheeler Sues for More Than $1 Million

Driving a Three-Trailer Road Train Isn't As Bad As You'd Think

Toyota's New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Has a 300-Mile Range

VW And Toyota Team Up To Develop Self-Driving Trucks With 'Sense Of Urgency'

Don't Do This

Here's What It's Like To (Poorly) Drive And Back Up An 18-Wheeler

A Truck Hauling Exotic Cars Crashed Into A Different Low-Ass Bridge