“Road transport” on The Daily Caller

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday expanded a recall of its popular F-150 pickup truck to about 1.2 million vehicles because front-seat airbags could inflate without the vehicle being involved in a collision. (more)

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that it would recall 144,000 F-150 pickup trucks because front-seat airbags could inflate even though the vehicle hadn’t been involved in a collision. (more)

NASA engineers found no electronic flaws in Toyota that would cause unintended acceleration, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Tuesday. (more)

Toyota announced another massive global recall today: Nearly 1.7 million cars — including Lexus IS and GS sedans in the U.S. — for two fuel leak problems. (more)

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said Monday that the Japanese automaker needed to add more excitement to the styling of its vehicles. (more)

PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) – As her school bus left a Kalamazoo County mall with 35 other Coloma Junior High School honor students, eighth-grader Kristin Potter said the driver made a “crazy turn and flung one of our students onto the floor. And that’s when we saw the flashing lights.” (more)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a proposal, spurred by the death of a Woodbury boy, that would require all new cars starting in 2014 to have rearview cameras and interior displays to allow  “a 180-degree view” of the area around a car. (more)

Thought that new car was expensive now? Wait till the Department of Transportation implements its latest plan to protect Americans from themselves. (more)

PSA Peugeot Citroen will unveil the world’s first diesel-electric car this week to take on Renault SA’s all-electric strategy as both French carmakers play catch- up to Toyota Motor Corp. (more)

A new report on the condition of the USA’s state highways finds that they are in the best shape they have been in nearly 20 years. (more)

Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China’s growing road congestion woes. (more)

Alexander M. Lemke went for a drive to get some cheeseburgers from McDonald’s early Friday, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says. (more)

Back in the old days, “drive-thru” referred exclusively to food and ATMs. Not any more, according to Oddee.com. Their list of today’s unusual drive-thru services includes a funeral home drive-thru, a coffee shop topless drive-thru, and a fire fighting drive-thru. (more)

PARMA, Italy (AP) — It’s a modern-day version of Marco Polo’s journey halfway around the world — but is anyone at the controls? (more)

Most right-minded people agree that the Ford Raptor is a sweet ride. (more)

The drive-thru window at the Climax Gentleman’s Club offers the novelty of a drive-thru tree with the I’ll-do-it-in-my-car convenience of a drive-thru McDonald’s. A special gravel driveway leads to a cinder block carport at the back of the building, where patrons can watch the indoor activity from their vehicles, though a diamond-shaped window. A “pay here” booth takes credit cards, and displays an autographed photo of Fred “The Honzman” Honsburger, a right-wing radio talk show host on Pittsburgh’s KDKA. Current rates are $20 a minute for two or more people; $10 a minute for solo customers. If there’s someone in front of you, you just have to wait in your car. (more)

My friend Matt Lewis recently authored a thoughtful column about General Motors.  As he pointed out, regardless of how one feels about the government bailout of GM – which he and I both vigorously opposed – there is reason for optimism about the company’s future. (more)

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. — A local tractor-trailer driver has been arrested and charged with two counts of driving under the influence after he almost ran other vehicles off the road, troopers said. (more)

Starting Thursday, texting or using a handheld cell phone while driving becomes a primary offense in most Washington cases, meaning police can use that as the sole reason for stopping a driver. (more)

A Metrobus employee who punched an off-duty police officer dressed as McGruff the Crime Dog has been reinstated to his former position, according to the Washington Examiner. (more)