Archive for the ‘Law & Order’ Category

Alleged Auto-Theft Ring Is Busted

Police in New York have uncovered a massive auto-theft operation involving hundreds of vehicles. The Wall Street Journal reported that the ring had a businesslike approach and took orders for particular vehicles before carrying out their operation. Workers at Toyota dealerships in the area allegedly...

June 30th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Auto dealers evade oversight by new watchdog agency

House and Senate negotiators signed off Friday on a 2,000-page bill that reforms the nation's financial regulatory system. It should be on President Barack Obama's desk by July 4. While the lawmakers beat back appeals by special interests seeking exemptions from the new rules, the auto dealers came...

June 27th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Georgia Lawyer wants Traffic Camera in Court

We all know how SAFE our intersections have been since the placement of the red-light cameras but apparently some still think otherwise. A lawyer from Athens, GA is trying to "defend" her clients by asking that witnesses aka cameras should show up in the court. We have one question for her, did she...

May 27th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Dubai Stunter Gets Arrested!

Looks like the video of two stunt-wanna-bes finally made it to the authorities in Dubai. Police were able to track the vehicles by identifying their number plates, an official told Arabian Business. Bader Dakash, a media coordinator with Dubai Police, said that a full statement would be released...

May 24th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

GPS Tracker Company Helps Police Uncover Michigan Grow-Op

Rocky Mountain Tracking located a stolen golf cart equipped with a Smart Tracker GPS tracking device, while also leading police to a Michigan grow-op. On the morning of May 12, 2010, a 2008 Club Car golf cart was stolen from Dale Brunt's business in Monroe, Michigan. The cart in-question was equipped...

May 16th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Filming a cop? Think Twice if you don’t want to be in a Jail

Anthony Graber just spent 26 hours in jail because he had a camera on his helmet while riding a motorcycle. The video posted below shows how a cop in plainclothing pulls a gun on him and then tries to hide the gun when a trooper shows up. Cops raid Graber's parent's home at the dawn to seize the computers....

April 16th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Slowpokes in left lane face fines under Georgia bill

Legislation to fine poky lane hogs is speeding along with a firm push from the House on Monday after a quick debate. The House voted 129-29 in just seven minutes to pass and send to the Senate a bill that would set a minimum fine of $75 for any motorist driving less than the speed limit in the left...

March 26th, 2010 | Law & Order | Read More

Recession helps cut auto deaths

Car crash fatalities fell in 40 states in '08, driven partly by people driving less because of the recession and seat belt use reaching a record high of 83%. That's according to a survey by the Governors Highway Safety Association. Other reasons for the decline include high gas prices in the...

February 5th, 2009 | Law & Order | Read More

Visionary Vehicles sues China's Chery Auto

Entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin's Visionary Vehicles has filed a lawsuit accusing China's Chery Automobile Co. of defrauding the company after the two formed a joint venture to import Chinese cars to the United States. In the lawsuit filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Visionary Vehicles...

July 22nd, 2008 | Law & Order | Read More

Boris scraps £25 levy for most-polluting cars

London mayor Boris Johnson has withdrawn plans for a Â£25 per day congestion charge on the most polluting vehicles coming into the city, ending a legal battle against the levy by luxury carmaker Porsche. The proposal to raise the congestion charge for vehicles with the highest carbon dioxide emission...

July 8th, 2008 | Law & Order | Read More