highways
Confused Japanese Tourists Trigger High-Speed Police Chase
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/25/14 11:15PMMan Runs Out of Gas on Interstate, Sets Up Drum Kit to Kill Time
Taylor Berman · 05/21/13 06:21PMIf a Cop Pulls You Over in Mississippi, It Might Actually Be a Crazy Person Trying to Kill You
Caity Weaver · 05/16/12 08:42PMHorrible Scene After Plane Crashes and Explodes on N.J. Highway
Max Read · 12/20/11 02:24PMFive people and a dog were killed around 10 a.m. today when a small plane crashed on I-287 outside of Morris Township in New Jersey. The single-engine turbo-prop plane, which was piloted by a managing director of the investment bank Greenhill & Co., and carrying his wife, two children, and a coworker, had taken off from Teterboro Airport and was headed for Atlanta when it disappeared from radar. The Newark Star-Ledger writes that it "appeared to nosedive and disintegrate"; although no one on the ground died, the debris was strewn across a half-mile area and the wreckage was horrifying:
Dead Body Found on Top of Truck Driving on Highway
Max Read · 10/25/11 07:12PMCops Shut Down Highway to Protect Sacred Rabbit
Lauri Apple · 10/01/11 05:59PMYour Eight-Year-Old Son Is Not a Good Choice for Designated Driver
Max Read · 07/31/11 12:00PMA Gallery of Weird Anti-Abortion Billboards
Lauri Apple · 06/09/11 12:17AMWarning Sign
Max Read · 02/02/11 03:54AMMore Musings on India's Wondrous Highways
Jessica · 12/06/05 08:53AMAs the Times series on India continues to douse the brown folk with love, Gawker's subcontinental intern Neel Shah — who just happens to be languishing about the homeland as we speak — writes us in response to Sunday's first article on India's highways. As we're sure you recall, the moving piece was a brooding, brobdingnagian exploration of the national highway system, one of the country's most glorious achievements. Neel reports:
The Unintentional Poetry of 'The New York Times': Subcontinental Edition
Jesse · 12/05/05 12:35PMWe're only at part two today of the Times's four-part series on "India Accelerating," and we admit we're finding it a bit tough to continue fighting our way through. (Untold thousands of words on highways in the metro area would be tough enough; untold thousands of words on highways we'll likely never drive on becomes a much larger problem.)