Wiggo beat me to it.
Not only have you got all the cars stuck with flat tyres, but then there will be all the other cars that didn't get flats but suffered tyre damage...

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Grant
Darwin NT

Hundreds of cars have had their tyres shredded this morning on the M1 motorway, heading south towards Sydney.

An almost 30 kilometres stretch of the motorway is closed between Ourimbah and the Calga Interchange.

He said the metal came from a vehicle towing a trailer with scrap metal.........

Ouuch... Never heard of a more widespread incident with lost cargo. Simple cause... hundreds affected. Unbelievable.

All the lost time of people.... but... there's a positive side also in misfortune. Tyre and towing services had the best day in a decade... financially...

The pollution, off the charts.

Some drivers might have needed a new set of tires before this. I wonder if the effected drivers were financially able to get new tires if they could find any for that many vehicles needing them at the same time.

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Some drivers might have needed a new set of tires before this. I wonder if the effected drivers were financially able to get new tires if they could find any for that many vehicles needing them at the same time.

The company's insurance, that the truck belongs to, is paying for all the damaged tyres, but low profile performance tyres could be hard to find quickly.

Cheers.

Truck spills $800,000 in dimes on Texas highway: Watch the coin toss cleanup

The vehicle carrying the dimes was driving through Alvord in Wise County, about 75 miles northwest of Dallas around 5:30 a.m. April 29, when "the driver veered off the roadway, overcorrected, and caused the 18-wheeler to roll onto its side," the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

The accident caused $800,000 in dimes to be scattered on the roadway. Video footage from the incident shows crew workers using shovels and a vacuum cleaner to pick up the dimes and clear the roadway, which was reopened around 7:00 pm. Some workers even picked up the dimes with their bare hands.

7-year-old boy and his sister found safe in car after apparent joyride for McDonald’s

A 7-year-old boy in Utah took his sister for a joyride in their family's car, and it was all reportedly in the hunt for a Happy Meal.

On the morning of April 27, police in Ogden, Utah, said they responded to a call of a reckless driver who appeared to be a child.

Officers located a disabled vehicle after it had crashed into a parking strip, Ogden Police said in a release. The driver, a 7-year-old boy, and his younger sister were found unharmed nearby, police said.

... “I’m not proud of him by any means,” (the mother) said. “He’s in a world of trouble, he’s probably grounded for the rest of his life.”

Ogden Police said no charges are being pursued against the boy due to his age.

Aborted landings due to Army helicopter near Reagan airport ‘unacceptable,’ top official says

Updated 8:06 PM CDT, May 2, 2025
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that it is “unacceptable” that two commercial aircrafts had to abort landings at a Washington airport this week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.

In addition to the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration investigating what happened Thursday afternoon, Duffy said, he plans to talk to the Department of Defense to determine why rules were “disregarded.”

The incident at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport involved a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170, according to the NTSB. They were instructed by air traffic control to “perform go-arounds” because of a “priority air transport” helicopter, according to a statement from the FAA.

Another US fighter jet falls into sea from Truman aircraft carrier, US officials say

A U.S. F-18 fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea on Tuesday after tipping off the flight deck of the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the second such incident in about a week, two U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The officials said the fighter jet failed to come to a proper halt after landing on the carrier. Both members of the crew ejected before the jet plunged into the water and were recovered by a rescue helicopter, one of the officials said.

Well the price of dumping 750kg of metal shards on the M1 motorway last week is nearing the $2m (au) figure now.

The company responsible for the shredding of countless tyres on a major motorway has now been slapped with a massive bill.

NJ Ashton Group general manager Daniel Falconer said the company has received about “800 to 900 emails” regarding claims and 620 had already been processed.

Mr Falconer told 2GB that the 30km stretch of metal shards from Ourimbah to Mount White on the NSW Central Coast had cost the company “up towards the two mark”.

The company was working closely with its insurance company to help settle up with impacted drivers, he said.......

A very curious happening:


Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right
wrote:

A plane aborted take-off on a Gatwick runway after its co-pilot muddled up his left and right hands, investigators have found...

... Investigators said the co-pilot "unintentionally" moved a lever to his left when he was supposed to move a lever to his right instead.

This reduced the Boeing 777 aircraft's thrust at a time when the aircraft's commander called for the plane to start pulling up [to leave the ground]...

... Is this again a problem of cockpit design and overly stressful overly turgid cockpit procedures?...


For a much less stressful example:

One of my previous cars had a mix of round knobs and push buttons for the dashboard controls. All should be easy enough?... Simple enough??...

... Well... Yes and no.

In the calm thoughtful state whilst stationary at a junction, no problem.

Whilst concentrating on driving along in traffic, there were two knobs one above the other in the same area... It was all too easy to blindly reach out and unknowingly find the wrong knob to then be surprised that what was expected to happen, didn't.

Worse still, even if only slightly tired, it was too easy to confuse the function between those two identical looking knobs.

Surprise was especially guaranteed in that one of those knobs was "multifunction"...


And for a real world example:

A helicopter pilot was forced to make an autorotation landing. All totally unexpected.

Upon investigation, the pilot was found to have turned off the engine fuel supply whilst in flight!

... He reported that the cabin was too hot and that he had intended to turn off the heater...



There is more to cockpit ergonomics and operation other than manufacturer convenience...

Fly safe?
Martin

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Whilst concentrating on driving along in traffic, there were two knobs one above the other in the same area... It was all too easy to blindly reach out and unknowingly find the wrong knob to then be surprised that what was expected to happen, didn't.

Hah, What do you think of the state-of-the-art cockpit designs of modern cars with touchpads and displays for everything, e.g. for A/C, ventilation; heating; FM/DAB radio; entertainment in general; light switch (default automatic... of course)? There are no knobs anymore (err.. there is one... to adjust door mirrors). Have you ever driven, e.g. a modern VW Golf VIII, or any other modern VW SUV?

I was shocked...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Volkswagen_Golf_VIII_-_Life_1st_-_Int%C3%A9rieur.jpg

Another Darwin Awards attempt who survived.
Airborne car crashes into Oak Cliff home; neighbors say it's not the first time
The Brief

• A car went airborne in Oak Cliff Thursday night, crashing into a home and catching fire.
  
  
• Neighbors say this type of crash has happened before in the same spot.
  
  
• The city has plans to fix the issues with the problematic roundabout.
  

CRASH VIDEO

DALLAS - Residents of Oak Cliff say crashes continue to happen at a storied roundabout - and they continue to be captured on video. They want city leaders to step in.

Video from Thursday night shows a car going airborne after driving through a roundabout on Tyler Street near Dallas’ Bishop Arts neighborhood.

The car flipped, slamming into a home and even catching fire.

No one was hurt in Thursday night’s crash, according to Dallas police. The driver was cited for not having a license.

And I thought using an Xbox controller was complicated and fat-fingering yourself into virtual oblivion with the wrong press was bad.

The city has plans to fix the issues with the problematic roundabout.

The roundabout isn't the problem- the problem is oxygen thieves driving motor vehicles.

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Grant
Darwin NT

It is the word roundabout that is the problem, the correct word is crashabout.

Whilst concentrating on driving along in traffic, there were two knobs one above the other in the same area... It was all too easy to blindly reach out and unknowingly find the wrong knob to then be surprised that what was expected to happen, didn't.

Hah, What do you think of the state-of-the-art cockpit designs of modern cars with touchpads and displays for everything, e.g. for A/C, ventilation; heating; FM/DAB radio; entertainment in general; light switch (default automatic... of course)? There are no knobs anymore (err.. there is one... to adjust door mirrors). Have you ever driven, e.g. a modern VW Golf VIII, or any other modern VW SUV?

I was shocked...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Volkswagen_Golf_VIII_-_Life_1st_-_Int%C3%A9rieur.jpg

Yes... Unavoidably I have similar to that now...

The touch display is dangerously distracting! Operation is restricted to voice operated commands to a human passenger, or held off until safely stationary or on an uneventful clear straight stretch of road.


Worse yet is that the text on the display is far too small to allow identification at-a-glance, so a long hard full focus stare is required.

Also, the response is very slow...

... So dangerously totally hopeless for use in traffic!


Ergonomics??... Usability???... What's all that???


Drive safe??
Martin

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Ergonomics??... Usability???... What's all that???

Tesla

Ergonomics??... Usability???... What's all that???

Tesla

Tesla is a superior car that drives automaticly. No need for ergonomics or usability. Isn't it?

Ergonomics??... Usability???... What's all that???

Tesla

Tesla is a superior car that drives automaticly. No need for ergonomics or usability. Isn't it?

Probably the opposite, as the 'driver' has less time driving and therefore less time to familiarise themselves with the controls, it is essential that the controls are ergonomic, unambiguously shaped and logically placed, when the driver has to take command.