The Killer in the Backseat
26 September 2000 A crazed killer is discovered hiding in the back seat of woman's car at a gas station.
Articles tagged: Highway Hazards 12 Total
Car Headrests Were Designed as Emergency Escape Tools?
15 April 2016 Car headrests were not deliberately designed for use in breaking windows during emergencies.
Flashing Headlights Gang Initiation
30 November 1998 A warning about gang members driving around with their headlights off, then killing anyone who flashes them, is old and false.
Is Cell Phone Use at Gas Pump Dangerous?
10 April 2001 Does the use of cellular phones pose a danger of touching off explosions at gas stations?
Carjacking Irony
31 March 2014 A driver foils an attempted carjacking by ignoring a 'body' lying on the road, then inadvertently kills her four would-be attackers.
Pink Lady
18 May 2013 Did an artist secretly paint a 60-foot-high image of a naked woman above a tunnel in Malibu Canyon in 1966?
Spunkball
28 January 2013 Are teens throwing lit gas-soaked rags into cars as a new way to amuse themselves?
Slim Jim Deaths
30 March 2011 Are police officers dying in airbag accidents caused by trying to open locked car doors with a lock pick?
Static Electricity and Gas Pump Fires
25 June 2002 Is static electricity a suspected cause of a reported increase in gas station refueling fires?
Sig Alert Origin
30 March 2011 Are Los Angeles' 'sig alerts' so named for an acronym for 'stay in garage'?
Severed Fingers
30 March 2011 Motorist who has a run-in with ruffians afterwards find the severed fingers of his assailants on his car.
Slasher Under the Car
29 March 2011 Do thieves hid under people's cars to slash their ankles?