Car Safety Test Gone Wrong; Iowa Teen Receives a Gift from a Stranger; Animal-Man Shows His Stuff

The Buzz, Thursday, May 28

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Tonight’s Buzz Segment is sure to have a little something for everyone!

Social media’s buzz worthy stories land right here in “The Buzz”.

Car Safety Test Gone Wrong:

We live in the age of technology where your home heating system, locks, even counting your steps can all be controlled by a device.

But now it’s your car’s turn.

Volvo announced that it is working on equipping its vehicles with a radar and camera system that scans for pedestrians.

Let’s see how the test run at a dealership went:

(Sounds of screeching tires, people yelling)

Surprisingly, no one was seriously hurt and there were no trips to the hospital.
Volvo says its detection system does work, as seen in this simulation.

As for the test run, Volvo says it was the dealership who failed, not the safety detection system.

The dealership admitted later that they thought the vehicle was equipped with the safety system, when in fact, it was not.

Iowa Teen Receives a Gift from a Stranger:  (video courtesy CNN)

Dozens of fans are taking to social media in an effort to get the attention of the superstar boy band One Direction.

But the fans…aren’t theirs.
 
The fans belong to teen Brett Wheeler.

And those fans scored Brett two tickets to see his favorite band…donated by a woman who saw his story on Facebook.
 
 
Brett Wheeler, Marion Iowa Teen: “If I meet my favorite member, I’ll go crazy!”

Brett has struggled with health problems since birth, including blindness.

But his mother says the music of 1-D has become therapy for him.

Brett has become more social and active, his circle of friends growing in school.
 
It’s those friends and classmates that took to twitter and Facebook and even a Go-Fund-Me page, asking for help in getting Brett and his family to a concert.

Animal-Man Shows His Stuff:

William Jafta is a street performer in Cape Town known as “Animal Sound Man”.
 
He has the unique talent of mimicking barnyard sounds.

Take a look at how he got that fitting nickname.

Jafta does about 11 animal sounds in all.

He says the secret to his success is that he practices every day.
 
This video was posted to YouTube and quickly went viral with half a million views in just two days.

Jafta says he uses his talent to collect money for local street kids around Cape Town.