Elena Gorgan
7,928 ARTICLES
Personal motto:
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.” - Henry Ford
She has covered automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, ranging from the regular and all the way to celebrity culture, film, and music.
More than anything, Elena loves to tell stories about unusual or very special projects, but you can also count on her if you’re looking for the perfect e-bike.
Her work has been published on Softpedia News, InOut Star and, since 2018, autoevolution.
Man Crashes Buick, Blames it on a Spider
13 May 2019, 11:06 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / It might sound silly, but a full-grown man just crashed his car in quite a spectacular way, after seeing a spider on his leg. This isn’t the first time an incident like this happens, and it won’t be the last. The good news is that t...
Elon Musk is OK With People Having Sex in Speeding Teslas on Autopilot
13 May 2019, 09:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / People have been having sex in cars since cars were invented, but this is a first that the world knows of: an amateur adult star from Los Angeles has shot and posted online a video of herself and her boyfriend doing it while in a speeding Tesla on ...
Chevy Loses Wheel in Traffic, Driver Chases After It
10 May 2019, 15:28 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / This is the car equivalent of “losing your head,” only with potentially more disastrous consequences. Luckily, there was none of that in this particular instance. The driver of a white Chevrolet rolling down a highway in Moscow, Rus...
21YO Woman Shoots And Kills 62YO Driver For Hitting Another Car
10 May 2019, 14:21 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 21-year-old woman from Clayton County, Georgia, is playing the Good Samaritan card in court as she’s facing a possible murder charge after she shot and killed a 62-year-old man who had been involved in a hit and run. Hannah Payne was dri...
Chef Tries to Fly 40 Frozen Piranhas Into LAX, Succeeds
10 May 2019, 13:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / One chef from Peru had one hell of a time convincing TSA agents he wasn’t up to anything bad, when they caught him with 40 frozen piranhas in his luggage, flying into LAX. The incident translated into a 5-hour delay for Virgilio Martinez,...
David Beckham Gets 6-Month Driving Ban For Texting And Driving
10 May 2019, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / He may have gotten off a speeding charge on a technicality, but luck has run out for David Beckham. For the next 6 months, he will have to rely on the services of a driver to get around, because he’s been banned. Beckham showed up at the ...
Panicked Aer Lingus Passengers Climb on Plane Wings During Rapid Disembarkation
10 May 2019, 12:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Chaos reigned supreme when an Airbus A320 plane bound for London requested permission to land again at Cork Airport, Ireland, after pilots smelled smoke in the cockpit. The incident actually occurred in November 2017, but specifics on it have j...
Hero Bus Driver Saves Student From Speeding Car
10 May 2019, 12:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sometimes, it really does take a fraction of a second to change someone’s life. A bus driver from New York is being hailed a hero after footage emerged showing her saving a student’s life. The incident actually happened at the end o...
Pair Kicked Off Air New Zealand Plane For Refusing to Listen to Safety Briefing
10 May 2019, 11:27 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / There’s being obstinate, then there’s entire new level of obstinacy – the kind that gets you in trouble with the police and makes you miss your scheduled flight. One man and woman flying out of Wellington Airport for Auckland w...
Stolen Audi Crashes Into Creek During Intense Police Pursuit
9 May 2019, 12:04 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You gotta love a cop with a good sense of humor: the Traffic division of the West Midlands Police in the UK seems to have one such public servant, at the very least. He might not be much for spelling, but his posts are funny. One of the most re...
Biker Dies in Crash After Failing to Put High-Heel, Diamante Boot on The Pedal
9 May 2019, 11:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 29-year-old woman crashed on her bike and died from the injuries sustained when she failed to put her high-heel, diamante boot back on the pedal, an inquest into her death has heard. Monika Kunda was riding her Yamaha at about 40 mph in Bourn...
Florida Driver Refuses to Remove Obscene Sticker on Pickup Truck, is Arrested
9 May 2019, 11:07 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A Florida driver is going up against the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, after a trooper arrested him for possession and distribution of obscene material, i.e. having an obscene sticker on his Chevrolet pickup truck. The incident occurred...
Pennsylvania Man Opens Fire on Vehicle Waiting For AAA
8 May 2019, 15:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pennsylvania authorities are looking for two suspects who suddenly opened fire on an occupied car waiting for AAA at the weekend, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Surveillance video with the incident has been released, in the hope that members of...
Police Arrest Man Driving BMW on Rims, Tearing up The Highway
8 May 2019, 15:09 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / You know you’re in a hurry when you can’t bother about not having tires on your BMW convertible and driving on the rims only. One man caused quite a scene on I-95 in Philadelphia, by driving for about 10 minutes and roughly 5 miles o...
Video Emerges of Ground Crew Laughing as Aeroflot Plane Crashes And Burns
8 May 2019, 14:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A video shot at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, while an Aeroflot plane was burning after crash-landing on the tarmac, has been making the rounds, attaining viral status. The video, also available at the bottom of the page, shows airport sta...
New Jersey Man Pees on Police Cruiser, Posts Video on Social Media
8 May 2019, 13:59 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / If you’re going to do something illegal, the smartest thing would be to make sure there was no evidence of it. Then again, if it’s not on social media, did it even happen? Such must have been the questions on the mind of one man fro...
Texas Driver Walks His Dog While He’s Driving
8 May 2019, 13:52 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In today’s “humans can be terrible dog owners” news, here’s a guy from Austin, Texas, who thought he could do two things at once, by walking his pup while driving his car. The worst part of this is that he did so in busy...
Aeroflot Crash Survivor Says “God Will Judge” Those Who Took Bags With Them
8 May 2019, 11:35 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The survivors of the Aeroflot plane crash at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport are speaking out, and one in particular is confirming ongoing reports: the number of casualties would have been smaller if passengers had left their luggage behind. ...
Australian Cop Caught Hiding in The Bushes to Catch Speedsters
8 May 2019, 11:32 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Sometimes, the long arm of the law isn’t just long, it’s also hidden from sight. In the bushes, as it happened recently in Petrie, Australia. Motorists passing through Petrie noticed an officer hiding and crouching in the bushes on ...
Only in Florida: Woman Pulls Gator Out of Yoga Pants During Traffic Stop
8 May 2019, 10:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / File this under “this can only happen in Florida:” a traffic stop took a turn for the odd when the passenger in a pickup truck pulled out a baby alligator from her pants. This must have been a first for the cops, too. True, she was w...