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Brandon Wright was riding east on U.S. Highway 89 about 11:40 a.m., when a driver steered his BMW 530XI into the motorcycle’s path from a parking lot across the street from the Utah State University campus, said Assistant Logan Police Chief Jeff Curtis. The driver of the BMW did not see Wright, who laid down his bike and slid into the car.

The motorcycle and Wright were pulled under the car, where the motorcycle’s gas line was severed, causing the bike and the car to catch fire while he was trapped underneath, Curtis said.

At which point, several fearless bystanders sprang into action.

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Bystanders lift burning car to rescue injured motorcyclist in Logan (The Salt Lake Tribune)

The Persu Streamliner from 1923, designed by Romanian engineer Aurel Persu  – the first car designed with aerodynamic principles. It cornered at 60km/h – insanely fast in its day.

The first King Kong movie was released ten years later. A pair of these would have made nice roller skates for the big fella is all we’re saying.

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22-year-old Aaron Evans from Milwaukee says this jump-flip over an Acura NSX was the ‘longest he’s ever done’. Pft. We’ve done longer.

Here’s how he prepared for it.

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Designer and futurist Da Feng’s concept for a car with an adaptive ‘active aerodynamic’ shell looks like sci-fi, sounds like sci-fi but is, he insists, perfectly feasible.

 Partially inspired by the lateral movement of the Cars characters, the ash from his cigarettes and concepts like BMW’s Gina, Feng’s vehicle started nearly three years ago as his final project at Conventry University.

What you see here is the third iteration of the Flake, which uses 250 active body panels controlled by mini solenoids pulling on carbon nano-tube wires. The result is a body that can lay flat to decrease drag, hinge upward to slow the vehicle and collect solar power or open fully to aid cornering and increase downforce.

Just as trick are the “D-Wheels” which are made up of 12 individual legs that extend upwards and contract downwards to fit the driving surface. Both the wheels and the body structure act as part of the suspension, allowing the Flake to corner hard and even go off road. Theoretically.

But you know what they say about flakes.

The Flakey Story (Pretending Pretentious)

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