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Offbeat News tagged with cars

Woman Passes Driver's Test on 950th Try
Offbeat  (tags: auto, cars, humans, off-beat, unusual, women, world )

Caree
- 16 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The South Korean woman must still get past the driving exam to get license.
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Bay Bridge S-Curve Death Highlights Safety Concerns
Offbeat  (tags: auto, wreck, death, police, cars )

Lone
- 16 days ago - sacbee.com
The dramatic fatal crash of a big rig Monday on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has spotlighted yet another safety concern on the troubled span.
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Korean Woman's Driving Test Joy... After 950 Attempts
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Suzybell
- 18 days ago - metro.co.uk
A woman in South Korea who has tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded - on her 950th time. Having spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) on application fees, Cha Sa-soon, 68,
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A Wild Car Ride for a Wily Coyote
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cars, coyotes, environment, protection, habitat, lucky )

Cher
- 40 days ago - theunion.com
A full-grown coyote took a wild ride across Nevada and California this week, spending eight hours wedged behind a car bumper before being rescued, relatively unscathed.
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Damage Fixed -- Bay Bridge Is Open
Offbeat  (tags: bridge, opens, early, goodnews, cars )

Lone
- 79 days ago - sacbee.com
The Bay Bridge opened today after damage to part of the structure was repaired, bridge officials said this morning
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Cash-Throwing Man Causes Traffic Jam
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Suzybell
- 98 days ago - metro.co.uk
A man caused a traffic jam when he threw money onto a Los Angeles-area freeway and people dashed into the lanes to grab the cash. Highway Patrol Sgt. Kurt Stormes says the man tossed money from his car on Interstate 210 shortly before noon Sunday, the Sa
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Five Ways Car Dealers Rip Off Soldiers (and Everyone Else)
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Suzybell
- 102 days ago - motherjones.com
THE PHANTOM TRADE: Navy Culinary Specialist Joe Lee thought he'd gotten a sweet deal on a used Mercedes. Then he learned that the Norfolk, Virginia, dealer never paid off the loan on his trade-in, a common scam. It simply sold his old Hyundai and pocketed
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20 Blind People Test Drive Student-Designed Car
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Suzybell
- 116 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Several blind people were able to get behind the wheel of a new high-tech vehicle designed by Virginia Tech engineering students.Twenty blind people took turns maneuvering the retrofitted dune buggy Friday in a parking lot at the University of Maryland.
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Physics Of Bumpy Roads: What Makes Roads Ripple Like A Washboard?
Offbeat  (tags: cars, design, environment, interesting, off-beat, safety )

Cowboss
- 140 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Just about any road with a loose surface -- sand or gravel or snow -- develops ripples that make driving a very shaky experience. A team of physicists from Canada, France and the United Kingdom have recreated this "washboard" phenomenon in the lab with surp
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Bow Wow Wow Factor: The Pet-Friendly Car With a Dog Bed in the Boot
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cars, pet-friendly, animal welfare )

Cher
- 231 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Dog-crazy Americans will soon be able to buy a pet-friendly car with a cushioned dog bed in the boot. It is fitted with a built-in water bowl and fan - and a ramp to help less agile mutts climb in.
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Tired of Dogs Urinating on Your Car Tire?
Offbeat  (tags: dogs, urinating, cars, security system, electric shock, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 239 days ago - examiner.com
His prior work as head of security coupled with knowledge of basic chemistry, led him to invent a security system that keeps dogs from urinating on car tires. How? Through a relatively pain-free electric shock (200 volts), a jolt is sent to a dog that
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Crane Will Lift Van Off Rock at Colorado Monument
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Kathleen
- 301 days ago - denverpost.com
Colorado National Monument officials say they'll use a crane to remove a van teetering on a rock outcropping at the Western Colorado landmark. The 260-ton crane is expected to pluck the van off the rock on Thursday.
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Car Not Built to Fly, Flies Onto Roof
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, interesting, performance, unusual, society, world, humans, off-beat, cars, auto, safety )

Suzybell
- 303 days ago - metro.co.uk
Emergency services had to rescue a man from his car after he managed to crash it into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, today.
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Making
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Kit
- 326 days ago - truthout.org
As 2008 ends and this New Year begins, with all its fledgling promise despite turmoil and crisis, it's also that time when the media offers its lists of ten best or worst this and that of the previous year, an exercise that simultaneously entertains and i
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Http://Www.Moolf.Com/Interesti ng/Shoe-Cars.Html
Offbeat  (tags: cars, interesting cars, shoe cars, cool cars, cool )

Petar
- 340 days ago - moolf.com
Cars in the shape of a shoe Would you like to have this shoe car, I am fat on the issue. These wagons are very cool shoe cars, and I am sure that I and only one such was the biggest Guys in the world, and not even that fat what would have happened to all
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