Highway Hazards Archives

Can You Get Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Sitting in a Snowed-In Car?

14 February 2019 - Be sure to clear the exhaust pipe before running your car after a snowstorm.

26 September 2000 - A crazed killer is discovered hiding in the back seat of woman's car at a gas station.

15 April 2016 - Car headrests were designed for resting heads. Any other use is incidental to their intended purpose.

30 November 1998 - A warning about gang members driving around with their headlights off, then killing anyone who flashes them, is old and false.

10 April 2001 - Rumor holds that the use of cellular phones poses a danger of touching off explosions at gas stations.

A driver foils an attempted carjacking by ignoring a 'body' lying on the road, then inadvertently kills her four would-be attackers.

Did an artist secretly paint a 60-foot-high image of a naked woman above a tunnel in Malibu Canyon in 1966?

Are teens throwing lit gas-soaked rags into cars as a new way to amuse themselves?

Are police officers dying in airbag accidents caused by trying to open locked car doors with a lock pick?

25 June 2002 - Is static electricity a suspected cause of a reported increase in gas station refueling fires?

Are Los Angeles' 'sig alerts' so named for an acronym for 'stay in garage'?

Motorist who has a run-in with ruffians afterwards find the severed fingers of his assailants on his car.