By CRM staff
Toronto, Ontario – May 22, 2019 – From a Canadian man having a seriously bad day to a dangerous accident involving a flying wheel and Burger King’s new concept for drivers, Collision Repair has prepared the top three unbelievable car-related news of the week.
1. Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
A 45-year-old man was in the middle of bringing towing his boat out of the water in Port Moody, B.C. when the unthinkable happened. The man was in his boat trying to fix the propeller that was stuck on the ground. But his hybrid SUV had other plans. When the man saw that his hybrid SUV started to roll back, he panicked and jumped out of the boat. The vehicle nearly almost ran him over and rolled back into the ocean. The man suffered from minor injuries, and crews were called. Just when you think that’s enough bad luck for one day, something else happened. As crews were pulling the SUV out of the water onto the ramp, it combusted into flames. It took several hours for the fire department to completely burn out the fire.
2. Flying Wheel
A major accident over the weekend on Highway 400 in Innisfil, Ont. caused quite the traffic jam. A wheel flew off an SUV into the northbound lanes hitting another car, seriously injuring the driver. The roof of the vehicle that was hit had collapsed and trapped the driver inside. The driver was eventually rescued from inside the vehicle and taken out and sent to Sunnybrook Hospital. Police told CTV News that they are unsure if the driver of the SUV will be facing charges.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/wheel-flies-off-suv-and-strikes-vehicle-on-busy-ont-highway-1.4428440
3. Hungry People in Traffic
Mexico City has some of the most congested roads, so Burger King decided to take advantage of that. Using the Burger King app, real-time traffic data, Waze and digital billboard, drivers sitting in traffic had the ability to order delivery from Burger King to its exact location. The real-time data determined the areas that would get the most congested. Drivers could then order from the Burger King app through voice command to avoid texting and driving. The delivery people used Google Maps to track down the customers and deliver the whoppers to the gridlocked cars. With the success from this experiment, Burger King said it would like to expand the service to other busy cities such as, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Sao Paulo.
