Here's an incident I was in as the pedestrian (more than once):
Busy intersection.  There's a crosswalk.  The walk signal turns white
(all lights are red at this point for a split-second).  I get 2-4
steps into crosswalk.  After a split-second, the oncoming cars still

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And here we have the world's most important soccermom (at least in her
own mind). She pulls up to the RED curb, facing the WRONG way, gets
out of her Suburban (complete with a soccer ball sticker on the rear

At what speed are cars their most fuel efficient?  Assume smooth, level
pavement with no wind.

  My mom got back from the Ford dealer and the mechanic there chastized my
mom for using Armor All on the inside of her truck.     Now, I'm the one
that washes, vacuums, and cleans the truck, so it makes me wonder.  I've
always used Armor All (low shine if I can find it), and never ...

I just saw this on the Arizona No Fee Coalition website (www.aznofee.org)
"We recently received a phone call from a member of ours who received a
ticket for not purchasing a fee demo pass in the Tonto National Forest
outside of Phoenix. He stated he was ready and willing to fight ...

The scene: a six-lane, 65 MPH SoCal street. There are WIDE bike lanes
on both sides - wide enough for a car to drive in. In the bike lane
are two pedalcyclists riding, not single-file, but SIDE-BY-SIDE, one
fully within the lane, and the other on the left side of the white

And isn't that true? If you're planning on staying on the road for
miles and miles it's safer in the LL where you don't have to contend
with the merging traffic.

Read this in the paper this morning, and thought I found the article
online... This is exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about, and why I
make such a big deal about cops driving recklessly, disobeying the law while
not on call, and not using their lights and/or siren when ...

My gf is a bit of an LLB. I got fed up with it and I told
her to freaking move right if she's not passing anyone.
She haughtingly replied that when driving in California (her
home state) it is best to cruise in the left lane. I calmly explained

we have all seen them on the road, trucks and SUVs with insanely high
lift kits. given that just regular trucks and SUVs are at a higher risk
for roll-over, these monsters must be right at the edge of tipping
during lane changes, cornering, etc.

rates? I want to buy a 1957 chevrolet bel air but it has NOS in it,
which I don't plan on using, but I like the car really well and was
wondering if it having nos and a 350 ZZ4 crate engine would
significantly raise my insurance rates.

To the idiot (doctor?) in the M3 with the vanity plate "SKALPEL":
Wow, I'm impressed. Your scary-fast M3 beat me in my 6 cylinder pickup
truck. :rolleyes: But why did you feel the need to be an a.shole and
drive slothily once you got in front of me? I never did anything to

  Please define it.  Is it driving in the left lane for no real purpose
(ie, the person could be driving in the right lane without much trouble), or
is it driving at a lawful, prudent speed in the left lane to pass or to
prepare for a left turn (as oppossed to breaking the law like ...

Among other things, the boxes record a vehicle's speed and can be used
to help convict a speeder who has just plowed into a vehicle and
killed or maimed someone.  But this North Dakota senator says  - Nah,
let em go free.

This is unfair to the company. When one of their speeding customers
kills someone, you know damn well the company will be sued.
http://www.kyw1060.com/news_story_detail.cfm?newsitemid=45161
Wednesday, April 6, 2005