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Making Matchbox Cars: c.1965

Making Matchbox Cars: c.1965

A fascinating bit of archive footage shot at the London factory for Matchbox cars, showing off how the cars went from concept to wood model, to production. We enjoyed watching the car bodies spin by on the assembly line, and the miniature traffic jam on the conveyor belt.

The Boring Company

The Boring Company

While sitting in traffic one day, Elon Musk had a crazy/brilliant idea – to build a network of underground tunnels which would rocket cars between destinations. A recent concept video envisions cars descending via street elevators, and zooming around on autonomous sleds.

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Bill Burr’s Helicopter Bit Animated

Bill Burr’s Helicopter Bit Animated

(PG-13: Language) “Air Traffic Control. I don’t know who’s on this frequency but you really need to – ” “SOMEBODY JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE F***ING HELICOPTER” Bill Burr shares an animated version of his helicopter story from his 2014 special I’m Sorry You Feel That Way.

240 Green Lights

240 Green Lights

A while back, we watched a guy with perfect timing hit 55 green lights in a row in NYC. Now, driver Noah Forman has smashed that feat, driving through an insane 240 intersections with traffic lights without a single stop. Somebody needs to turn this into a video game.

Road Roller Safety System

Road Roller Safety System

Korean firm ETI Co Ltd. has developed a road barrier that could dramatically reduce the degree of injuries from collisions. The trick is that it helps disperse impacts into rotational energy along its conveyor-like rollers. Though it could send cars flying back into traffic.

Insane Christmas Light Show

Insane Christmas Light Show

You’ve got to see this Christmas light video from Matt Johnson whose latest show uses those big LED message boards you see in Times Square or on the Vegas Strip. Matt’s family used to do shows at their house, but had to move it out of the neighborhood due to traffic.

A 7-Circle Roundabout

A 7-Circle Roundabout

Traffic circles (aka “roundabouts”) aren’t nearly as popular here in the U.S. as they are in the UK and other European cities. WIRED takes a look at the seemingly insane 7-circle Swindon roundabout, and how it manages to keep traffic flowing smoothly.

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100 Excavator Demolition

100 Excavator Demolition

To remove an aging overpass in Nanchang China, a veritable army of Hyundai excavation machines lined up and worked to rapidly demolish the old structure – removing the entire bridge in about 2 days, and reopening to traffic in 56 hours. (Thanks Hubert!)

The Road Zipper

The Road Zipper

Also known as the Barrier Transfer Machine, this amazing heavy duty machine is used to move a length of over 13,000 feet of concrete and steel median barriers – each weighing 1500lb – to gradually change the flow of traffic on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

Speed Enforced by Aircraft

Speed Enforced by Aircraft

RocketJump takes the “Speed Enforced by Aircraft” sign literally to tell a story about a pregnant couple and an overzealous airborne traffic cop. It makes no sense at all, yet at the same time it makes too much sense.

Double Parking

Double Parking

During last year’s Porsche Carrera Cup France, a bizarre accident occurred right after the start of the race, as one car spun around in tight traffic, and another drove right up onto its hood. The result: The world’s first double-decker Porsche.

Facebook Freebooting 2

Facebook Freebooting 2

The folks behind the fantastic YouTube channel Kurzgesagt present yet another argument about how Facebook encourages a culture of content theft against original creators, where pirates duplicate videos, and get huge traffic from Facebook’s skewed video sharing algorithm.

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Sheepwalking

Sheepwalking

A shepherd and a group of helpers take an unconventional route, as they lead a huge herd of sheep down a city street in Poland, resulting in some really baaaad traffic. They should really be lambasted for this. Okay, we’ll stop.

Airplane Street Landing

Airplane Street Landing

While most people install dashcams in their cars in order to record accidents, they’ve also been known to capture other events. For instance, this small plane made an emergency landing in Irvine, California, and taxied down the street along with the rest of traffic.

Container Ship Time-Lapse

Container Ship Time-Lapse

This incredible 4K time-lapse by Toby Smith was taken aboard the Gunhilde Maersk, a large container ship, as it makes its way from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Ningbo, China. The visual spectacle that plays out before us more than makes up for the lack of sound.

Diesel and His Box

Diesel and His Box

An english bulldog named Diesel has an unusual obsession – cardboard boxes. In this case, he’s so hellbent on hanging onto this one that he ignores the fact that it totally obscures his vision. Just keep him away from traffic and staircases.

Error-Prone

Error-Prone

A free mini-game for 0-to-26 players. Error-Prone is based on the famous shockwave traffic experiment. It’s meant to show how (in some ways) autonomous cars are much better than manually driven ones. Skip to 1:16.

Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel

Paul Yearly was driving his Mustang when he inexplicably passed out. Incredibly, he managed to avoid traffic or any major obstacles, and is fine now. If you’re wondering, Paul records video so he can post bad drivers on his YouTube channel.

The Armless Drifter

The Armless Drifter

Bartosz Ostałowski lost both of his arms in a traffic collision in 2006. But that didn’t stop him from becoming a professional drift racer. He has a custom setup in his race car, but his daily drivers are unmodified.

TETRIS Pranksters

TETRIS Pranksters

Rémi Gaillard and his pals dressed up as a set of TETRIS blocks and proceeded to try and fit in wherever they could. They seem to have taken the word “block” too literally, causing traffic jams and other inconveniences along the way.

The Seinfeld Situation

The Seinfeld Situation

Jerry Seinfeld’s debut performance in India was cancelled over concerns about traffic. And parking. Rohan Desai and Adhiraj Singh vented their frustration in the only appropriate manner. Be sure to read this before watching.

How Not to Plow a Highway

How Not to Plow a Highway

Snow removal trucks are supposed to angle plows away from cars and oncoming traffic. But that’s not what happened here, as a driver who was on a perfectly clear stretch of road is suddenly blanketed in snow by an idiotic plow operator.

Land Rover Urban Windscreen

Land Rover Urban Windscreen

Jaguar Land Rover’s augmented reality concept includes vehicle pillars that show what’s directly behind them, a ghost car for navigation and various heads up displays such as traffic light timers and parking locators.

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