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  • Americans Are Driving Their Cars To Death In Order To Save Money

    05/04/2024 4:11:17 AM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 125 replies
    https://jalopnik.com ^ | 5/4/24 | By Owen Bellwood
    Here at Jalopnik, we know there’s nothing wrong with keeping a beloved old beater running for mile after mile, and we regularly celebrate high mileage heroes. Now, it turns out the rest of America is catching onto this way of thinking as the savings of holding onto an old car for longer begin mounting up. Drivers across the country are increasingly holding onto their cars for longer than ever, with an increasing number hitting more than 100,000 miles in their cars, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The trend comes as drivers realize the savings to...
  • Report: Minorities Make Up Majority of Fare Beat Stops

    08/14/2019 2:22:50 PM PDT · by csvset · 37 replies
    NY1 ^ | 13 Aug 2019 | BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF
    NEW YORK - As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York City Police Department look to crack down on fare beating, new police numbers reportedly show minorities make up the bulk of people stopped for jumping the subway turnstiles. According to the Daily News, 86 percent of the nearly 700 people arrested from April through June were Black or Latino. Blacks and Latinos also made up 71 percent of those hit with a summons for fare evasion over that same period. The News says NYPD numbers over the past few years show more people of color have been stopped for...