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It’s not everyday when our world has a crossover with Britney Spears, but she just can’t stay out of the headlines when she’s behind the wheel! Let’s unpack that, talk about why New York wants you to stop putting stickers on your car, how a weird dent protector system caused mass panic in Tennessee, why spiders are causing accidents, and more.

Freed Britney Spears Keeps Violating Traffic Laws

Pop diva and Instagram enthusiast Britney Spears just can’t seem to follow the rules of the road. Since the end of her conservatorship, which didn’t allow her to drive, she’s been pulled over twice. The latest incident involved a California Highway Patrol officer citing her for crossing a solid double yellow line, a most risky maneuver on any road.

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Britney Spears Traffic Stop Video Released

Footage from Britney Spears’ traffic stop and subsequent citations has been released and boy is it crammed full of interesting information. If you don’t recall, the pop star and amateur interpretive knife dancer was pulled over for speeding by a California Highway Patrol officer back in September for allegedly going 60 in a 45 mph zone. More recently, she was cited for crossing a solid double-yellow line.

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NY Police Tell People To Remove Car Stickers

Police in the state of New York are warning drivers to remove any and all bumper stickers as well as other decals from their cars. While we’ve heard of people using stickers and magnets to obscure their license plate partially, something we don’t recommend you do, but the issue at hand is something else entirely.

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Janky Homemade Dent Protectors On Car Cause Mass Chaos And Panic In Tennessee

The incident, which transpired around 9:30 a.m., stirred considerable anxiety among the community, as reports of a suspicious device attached to a vehicle started circulating. The response from the authorities was swift and sizable, encompassing local, state, and federal agencies. Roads, including a major intersection, were cordoned off, businesses around the vicinity were evacuated, and several schools entered into lockdown mode.

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Florida Citizen Intervenes In Starbucks Drive Through Carjacking

Crime has been spinning out of control in many US cities for years now with rates continuing to climb. People can point all the fingers they want over what’s driving it and those discussions are worth having, but we’re noticing something else on the rise: more Good Samaritans are stepping up to put a stop to violent crime.

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Range Rover Insurance Rates Have Skyrocketed In London

The UK, just like the US, Australia, Canada, and many other Western countries, has been grappling with surging car theft for the past several years. Originally blamed by many media outlets on covid and the economic insecurity lockdowns brought, the newest scapegoat being blamed is the police.

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Cruise Loses Its California Robotaxi Permit

On October 24 the California Department of Motor Vehicles officially suspended Cruise LLC’s ability to deploy driverless robotaxis inside the state. That means every Cruise vehicle must have a human in the driver’s seat at all times. It’s not a shocking move to those of us who have been following the situation in San Francisco, with a recent incident reportedly being the straw that broke the camel’s back.

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Ford Slashes Lighting Production, Signaling A Bigger Problem

It wasn’t that long ago we constantly saw in a number of automotive and mainstream media publications that the Ford Lighting was absolutely the future of not only the F-150 but pickup trucks. Well, that hasn’t aged well and now Ford’s slashing production while making excuses, covering up a deeper problem we’ve been shining a light on for months.

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Corvette Flips Trying To Do Burnout While Exiting Car Show

Sometimes we just look at a photo of a car accident and wonder just how the hell it happened. Even with the explanation that this Corvette driver was trying to perform a burnout when he flipped the sports car, we still have no idea how this is even possible.

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Cemetery Trunk Or Treat Event Has Outraged A Michigan Community

A trunk or treat event at a Clinton Township, Michigan cemetery has proven controversial with quite a few members of the community. Among the myriad of complaints is the accusation the gathering, which has been advertised to include classic cars, is disrespectful since it would be held on “sacred ground.”

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Tarantula Causes Death Valley Car Crash

Some people have a serious case of arachnophobia, as evidenced by stories like the person who burned down their house to kill a spider. Just about as crazy and perhaps even sadder, a motorist in Death Valley reportedly caused an accident that hospitalized a motorcyclistall because of a tarantula.

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