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Want to See Mercedes’ New Invisible Car?
Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … an invisible Mercedes. What do you mean you can’t look? Oh, right, it’s invisible.
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Tom Cruise Drives 181 MPH in a Race Car, Called ‘The Real Deal’
This was no movie stunt.
Tom Cruise got to test drive a race car at a track in California this week, where the actor did 24 laps in the Red Bull F1 car. Former driver and 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard instructed the ‘Days of Thunder’ star before he let Cruise take hold of the wheel of the 850-horsepower car, reaching speeds of 181 mph.
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Nevada Gives Thumbs-Up To Driverless Cars on the Road [VIDEO]
YouTube A bill has passed in Nevada that makes it legal for Google’s fleet of driverless cars to take to the state’s roads.
The hope is that in the future, these automated cars could avoid the crashes currently caused by distracted driving. Several companies are already hard at work creating the technology necessary to make it happen.
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Local Reporter Almost Gets Run Over By Car and Five Other Correspondent Accidents [VIDEOS]
Ben Higgins, the sports director for San Diego's ABC affiliate, was in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, where he covered San Diego State University's first ever NCAA tournament victory.
But what made his report so memorable was the part when a SUV darn near ran him over as the cameras rolled. Luckily for Higgins, the vehicle stopped just in the nick of time.
Since videos of television reporters actually being struck by things are fun too, we've included a bunch those after the video of Higgins' close call.
Check them out after the jump, and feel free to laugh because none of the reporters were seriously injured (phew!).