At Stellantis headquarters, driving a company car gets you the best parking spots - but driving anything else can get you the boot. When the Jeep parent company ordered employees back to the office five days a week at its Auburn Hills, Michigan campus, workers discovered that parking a Tesla or Hyundai in a spot reserved for Stellantis vehicles could earn them a ticket from security.
The province is expanding its tow truck zones starting April 1 to restrict more sections of Ontario's highways to contracted companies approved by the Ministry of Transportation. This change aims to improve safety and streamline the towing process.
"It's sad, really," said Schwartz's lawyer John Scola. "It's just someone who's trying to do his job, and then, because he didn't basically bow down to the egos of Chell and Kaz, his whole life gets uprooted and he has to endure years of hardship, because these people essentially have a bruised ego."
In the age of smart fobs and transponder chips, losing your keys isn't just a minor inconvenience; it can feel like a high-tech lockout from your own life. When the realization settles in, the clock starts ticking. Your first instinct might be to call the dealership, but that often leads to a massive towing bill and a multi-day wait for parts.
The committee is exploring a parking permit pilot program and a regional convention to address the issue. The permit program would set aside certain streets throughout the city as places where oversized vehicles could park overnight, excluding residential zones. The committee discussed eligibility requirements for permit seekers and a requirement that participants be good neighbors and actively seek permanent housing.
District attorneys in and around New York City have prosecuted only a handful of drivers for staged crashes, including DAs in counties where insurance costs are among the highest in the state - a finding that undermines Hochul's argument that fraud is leading to what she calls New York's "high" insurance costs.
A driver was traveling east on 8th Street around 11:45 a.m. when they lost control of the vehicle and hit four pedestrians, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Norma Eisenman. Security videos from businesses in the area show the vehicle veering left across opposing lanes, hopping the curb and smashing through a vendor stand as a person dives out of the way.
She said people "just couldn't believe" cars were being broken into just for the shelves. The Met Police opened an investigation following a number of parcel shelves being stolen from cars in Hampstead and Highgate, the force said. Sam Phipps Phipps told BBC Radio London her car was targeted despite only having her gym bag, out of sight, in the boot.
A man in his 30s has died after he was hit by a police vehicle on an emergency call in south London. The pedestrian was struck by the marked vehicle on Borough High Street at 00:34 GMT, the Metropolitan Police said. He was given emergency first aid by officers and treated by paramedics from the London Ambulance Service, but died at the scene.
Mayor Mamdani swept into Gracie Mansion on the promise of ending widespread corruption around policing and street safety. He can do both by laser-focusing his efforts on eliminating the prevalent abuse and forgery of parking placards. Mamdani has a rare chance to permanently halt this dangerous and criminal practice, and, in doing so, radically alter the balance of power in New York City. For the past decade, under the handle @placardabuse, we've documented how a large contingent of car drivers misuse their parking privileges -
