the weekend is off to a bad start for those heading to Vegas from LA, on the 15 through the Cajon Pass

UPDATE 4:29 p.m. PST: Additional vehicles have caught on fire, including a boat and a semi-truck carrying other cars. The 15 Freeway is shut down in both directions and the blaze has exploded to 500 acres.

Found on https://www.facebook.com/NBCLA

found on http://www.kesq.com/news/fastspreading-wildfire-shuts-down-i15-near-hesperia/34227190

Found on http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/07/17/wildfire-in-cajon-pass-closes-15-freeway/

Please be on the lookout for this stolen trailer

Please Be On The Look Out!

 The Hot Rodders of Tomorrow trailer was stolen sometime between July 11-13. The trailer, which housed all the engines, tools, and equipment for the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge, was taken from a storage facility in San Jacinto, CA.

Details: 2001 GMC tractor & 48' trailer Illinois License Plate # P834651

A police report has been filed, but if you see, hear or know anything about this crime, please contact Jim or Rodney Bingham at: (815) 722-5460

a woman in her 60's driving into oncoming traffic hits an ambulance head on, and the person being transported to a hospital for an appointment, dies from head trauma

So far the news hasn't interviewed anyone that knows anything. Not the driver of the Jaguar, or the ambulance.

Full story at http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Ambulance-Crash-in-Pasadena-Kills-Patient-314000161.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_LABrand

There is no federal law requiring rental car companies to warn consumers if the vehicle they are renting is under a safety recall.

So... whip out your smart phone or tablet before renting a car, and see if it's been marked for recalls, then check with the rental car agency to see if they state that they have sent their cars, especially the one you are renting, to the dealership for recall work to be completed

http://4.nbcla.com/EAdgD6B

Bullwinkle Down! Hyundai totalled... people, do NOT take out a moose with your Hyundai...

the driver was on route15 in Maine, and had only broken bones in hands and arms. 

https://www.facebook.com/chassomaniak  and 

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/2014/07/08/incredible-pictures-after-moose-car-collision-maine/xxW8PKMMRlnnrS001erv6K/story.html

nothing mentions if there was a transmission safety shield... but I don't see one. You make more than 400 horsepower at the engine, you better shield your feet my friends

Other than a hole in the hump you can pass a basket ball through, is that a look at a shield, a blanket, the garage floor? I don't know.

Found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mopar-Style-The-Visual-Art/268199166661403

a car so new it doesn't even have license plates yet, choose it's parking spot poorly, in a parking garage on the corner where poor judgement caused a minivan to cut the corner to close and trade paint

I was driving up the ramp when I saw the blue mini van rub on the white Kia, but didn't have my camera ready to get photos of the license plate, etc.

It's like I posted before, don't park too close to where people turn, they aren't good at driving, and are likely to damage your car http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/learn-from-other-peoples-mistakes-dont.html

Mom accused of leaving kid in hot car goes to court, leaves kids in hot car... makes me fed up with stupid people.

Laquanda Newby, 25, is charged with three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of child after police said she left her two children inside her hot car outside the Henrico County Courthouse on Monday.

According to WTVR, Newby was at the courthouse to turn herself in for a previous situation that involved her allegedly leaving a child in a hot car.

On May 26, Newby was accused of leaving a child in a car while she shopped at Sam’s Club. When police arrived, they found Newby by her car and could not arrest her for the alleged crime because they had not witnessed it.

When Newby turned herself in on Monday, police said she left her two children — ages 6 and 1 — in her car. Deputies could not say for sure how long the two children were in the car but surveillance video showed it was more than an hour.

The car’s windows were closed and temperatures hit the 90s on Monday in Henrico County, Virginia, police said.

http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/06/10/virginia-mom-accused-of-leaving-kid-in-hot-car-goes-to-court-leaves-kids-in-hot-car/

never get complacent and forget that dangerous stupid people are everywhere, and will do surprising dangerous things while you are in their vicinity

a red SUV stopping in the left lane of an intersection at 87 Avenue and Anthony Henday Drive on an amber light on Saturday. The driver then quickly reverses at an angle after the light turns red and a driver turns left in front of the vehicle.

The red SUV continues reversing at an angle from the left lane into the right lane, while the motorcyclist in the right lane manages to jump off the bike as the driver hits it. After a slight pause, the SUV driver continues reversing over the entire bike, only coming to a stop with the machine lodged under it.

According to the Edmonton Police Service, the driver was given a $500 ticket for careless driving. Police say the collision was due to driver inexperience.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2015/06/08/edmonton-driver-was-ticketed-for-backing-into-and-over-a-motorcycle

Found on https://www.facebook.com/noel.alford?fref=nf