Grocery bag gas
A video recently posted to Twitter has drivers all around the world gassed up, as it shows a woman filling several grocery bags with gasoline—even double-bagging them in an attempt to avoid any spillage.
The video, which was posted by Model3Owners on Twitter, shows a woman with her trunk popped at the pump, where she unloads several plastic grocery bags and begins filling them with gas. She double—and triple—bags the gasoline before popping them in her trunk and driving off.
The incident is reigniting conversations on gas handling safety. While bagging gasoline is likely the most extreme method of mishandling fuel, there are shocking cases hitting the web every day. In early December, another Twitter user shared a photo of someone pumping gas into garbage cans in the bed of his pickup.
Needle in a haystack
It seems a car thief in Southern Alberta took the ‘finding a needle in a haystack’ cliche to the next level when running from the RCMP—the thief hid in a haystack in a futile attempt to evade authorities.
The RCMP received a report of a stolen Jeep, which had been sighted in a ditch along a rural highway. Officers and sheriffs attended the scene and found footprints in the snow leading away from the vehicle.
After searching for an hour on foot, police entered a nearby barn, where they found the 20-year-old suspect hiding under a haystack.
He was charged with possession of stolen property and will appear in court in February.
Paw-some paint
Land Rover has made its mark as a dog-loving brand, with canine accessories like collapsable ramps and spill-resistant water bowls available for the 2020 Defender. Now, the automaker has used 3D printing technology to print a plastic dog paw, which it will use for durability testing.
The paw—which even has lifelike claws—is attached to a machine that drags it along a painted car part about 10 times to test paint durability. The process will be repeated more than 5,000 times during testing.
Land Rover brought in Yogi, a Labrador and guide dog, to construct the paw. Testers set up sensors on a prototype Defender and measured where Yogi set his paws and the amount of force generated by his landing. They then modelled the artificial paw based on Yogi’s real ones.
