~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture 1992 ~ Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 11/17/2024 Nativegrl77 In 1992, NBC staged a fiery test crash of a General Motors pickup truck for its “Dateline NBC” news program1. The show’s producers allowed incendiary devices to be strapped to trucks for the crash-test demonstration, but General Motors discovered the setup and sued NBC for defamation2. The segment was titled “Waiting To Explode” and aimed to prove that under certain conditions Chevy pickup gas tanks would blow up spontaneously3 Source: onthisday.com motorbiscuit.com Share this:TweetShare on TumblrMore Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Like Loading... Related
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