Tag Archives: death by automobile

Headlines: 07.23.12

By Smaktakula In which we’re presumptuous enough to opine on the day’s headlines, but too damn lazy to read the articles. *** 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Restless Legs Syndrome ~ One of them is that it’s not a real … Continue reading

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Driving Miss Lotus

By Smaktakula The public’s flaccid attentions twitched briefly in response to a recent viral video from China which shows a very young girl navigating an SUV on a busy street.  Although condemnation promptly issued from the four corners of the … Continue reading

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Tanker Trunks

By Smaktakula A jarringly useless and embarrassing way to die is in a fiery conflagration set in motion when you become mesmerized by your own car’s image in the highly-reflective back of a particularly shiny tanker truck. Sparkly! ∞T.

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The Westboro Baptist Church Pretty Much Hates Everybody

In a maneuver of daring doucheness which surprised both their foes and their fringy clutch of boosters alike, yokel commandos from the Westboro Baptist Church staged a brazen assault on America’s East Coast.  The majority of their forces were directed … Continue reading

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World Stunned By Death Of ‘Jackass’ Jackass

By Smaktakula Ryan Dunn, of Jackass fame, was killed early Monday morning when his Porsche collided with a tree in suburban Philadelphia.  A passenger in Dunn’s vehicle was also killed in the crash, but details on the person’s identity have … Continue reading

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Baby On Board

By Smaktakula Statistics back it up: despite millions of new cars on the road ever year, the highway is becoming a safer place worldwide.  The reasons for this happy trend are myriad, among them: improving infrastructures, increased awareness about driver’s … Continue reading

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Promethean Short Short Stories: A Cautionary Fable (Concerning The Merits Of Being Ferrous)

By Smaktakula Will started to ask, but Johnny dashed laughing and joyblind across an intersection snarled by onrushing vehicles, heralded by an irascible ensemble of crying brakes and strident horns. Will waited as always for the signal’s sanction, only then … Continue reading

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Death By Airplane vs. Death By Car

By Smaktakula Statistically speaking, air-travel is no more dangerous than America’s highways,* and yet a great many people are far more terrified of dying in an airplane crash than in a car accident.  While theories abound as to the nature … Continue reading

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