close call

Close calls don't get much closer than this frightening crash in China, as a quick-thinking bus driver dodges a deadly encounter with a lamp post which suddenly came crashing through his front windshield. The shocking head-on collision was all caught on security video and the fact that driver ...

Professional race drivers face a number of challenges on and off the track, but nothing like what hot shoe Miguel Villagomez encountered behind the wheel of his Radical SR8 race car. Villagomez was quickly confronted by a rather big surprise waiting for him after crash landing way off ...

A strange turn of events nearly caused a dangerous crash between a run-away service van and a landing Air Canada flight on the tarmac at Pearson Airport. According to reports, a Sunwing airlines employee had left an empty van running in gear and somehow failed to spot the "driverless" truck as it ...

Putting cheap knock-off parts on your car is never a good idea, except in the case of this drift demo gone wrong. What starts out as rookie tire smoking antics suddenly turns into parking lot terror when a female volunteer (asked to stand between both drift cars doing donuts) is unexpectedly ...

Why did the koala bear cross the road? To escape from a pack of speeding motorcycles of course! We're not really sure who was more shocked to run into each other here, as we see the group of surprised sportbike riders do their best to avoid hurting the furry fella or cause a dangerous ...

Riding a motorcycle at high speeds can require lightning fast reflexes when you least expect it. This video footage shows first hand how a fearless biker handles a hair-raising encounter with a flying mattress at speeds over 100 km/h. The slow-motion replay shows how dangerously close this came ...

Harley-Davidson owners are known for many things, especially taking pride and joy in their all-American motorcycles. Judging by the action in the spark-flying crash video, this foolish Harley fan won't be back out on his hog for a while. The accident happened along a twisty stretch of ...

We've seen plenty of videos featuring speeding motorcycles and horrifying crashes, but this lucky rider narrowly escapes a nearly-fatal disaster. Watch closely as the shocking video footage shows the biker ripping into the frame at top speed before losing control and smashing head on into a ...

The owner of this Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport gets in over his head during a drift demo at the recent Prescott hill climb. The driver wows UK crowds as he puts over 1,000 horsepower to use in a few tire-shredding runs... that is until things go wildly wrong, with a huge spin and a near ...

We officially have a new motorcycle hero. Genki Hagata rolled his Yamaha YZF-R6 out onto the track during the second AMA Pro Supersport qualifying session at Sears Point recently. Partway through his out-lap, the bike lost traction in the rear before abruptly regaining it. We likely don't need to ...