Launching cars on the Fourth of July

Alaskan Car Launch 2024 just the cars!

Following on from another peculiar Alaskan thing, Miss Cellania posted about a tradition in the town of Glacier View where people launched driverless cars (no, not Teslas!):

In the small town of Glacier View (population 375), Alaska, they’ve held a unique Fourth of July celebration since 2006. In midsummer, the sun stays out too late for fireworks, so instead they launch cars off a cliff and watch them soar through the air before crashing on the beach below.

If there’s any way for Americans to go above and beyond the worst possible thing, they’ll take it there. Fireworks aren’t enough so they have to throw cars off cliffs. For their “independence” day. Wild.

Fourth of July related: A bunch of wild 4th of July accidents

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