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If you haven’t had a bad experience with a car mechanic, you probably don’t own a car. But did you ever wonder who repairs rental cars? One Philadelphia driver found out the painful way. A jury ordered a Toyota dealer to pay $15.7 million to Noreen Lewis and her passengers who were all injured after Lewis’ rental car got into an accident. Lewis rented a vehicle in 2008 from PhillyCarShare to drive to New York to see her daughter perform …

Loretta Lacy, 49, perhaps set some kind of record in January as she sped from Sioux Falls, S.D., to Racine, Wis. (about 500 miles away) just to make her granddaughter’s school dance. Although her daughter told a Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter that her mother “can make it from A to B faster than maybe the average person,” Lacy collected four speeding tickets during one 2 1/2-hour stretch, including for speeds of 88, 99 and 112. Of course, she arrived late. …

A military vet who survived the war in Iraq only to come home to Florida and suffer brain damage after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver won a $26 million jury verdict. Dustin Brink, a 31-year-old vet who served in the Iraq War, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle in Kissimmee, Fla., in 2008 when he was hit by Juan Ruiz Pereles, who was driving his father’s car. Brink’s head hit the pavement and caused serious injury to brain functions …

Egg hunts were delayed yesterday in Southern California when the Easter Bunny was pulled over for riding a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. The giant rabbit was driving his bike, complete with sidecar, near San Diego when highway patrol officer Adam Griffiths pulled him over and delivered a lecture. “Griffiths told him it was a serious situation and that it wasn’t a joke,” a police spokesperson told a local news source. “He explained to him the safety ramifications of not …

For police to legally search your car, a number of circumstances must be met. Because it is mobile and comparatively easy to dispose of, a car has fewer protections against search than a home. Your permission or a valid reason is needed. A warrant is rarely needed.   Consent Might Be Necessary If you are stopped for a routine traffic offense (not an arrest), the police officer might ask you for permission to search your car. You do not need …