All:
Is there any practical chance of getting a speeding ticket dismissed
for the fact that the officer wrote down the wrong vehicle and VIN on
the ticket? Didn't just slip a digit, but *entirely* wrong VIN.

Is it a hype or real? They advertise over 44MPG but my impression is the
those cars use gasoline engine on the highway anyway. Or do they have 3
cylinders engines vs, the normal 4? I can see it save gas in city
because the wasted energy while idling would be stored in the battery ...

Still think that what I saw on the gas pump was some kind of dream in a
Dali-esque sort of way:
Regular Unleaded: $2.999/gal
Plus Unleaded: $2.789/gal

This incident caused a MAJOR traffic snarl during the morning rush
yesterday. The Barranca overpass of the 5 freeway was completely
closed with yellow police tape. The freeway itself came to a complete
stop just past the 133 off-ramp; Barranca and Irvine Center Drive had

If you're over 21 and don't have a drivers license, no taxes for you.
Of course we'd have to supplement such a law with prison time for
those who drive without a license, but then that should be the case
anyway.

Maddog killers.

Two beneficial features you can implement on old vehicles:
1 Big heavy laminated wood bumpers.
2. ATF solenoid controlled fluid feed to exhaust manifold.
Equipped thusly tailgaters and lane weavers will straighten up and

It's always nice to be reminded that one is sane in practice, not just in
theory. I'm in Germany for the International Symposium on Automotive
Lighting and some related meetings, and, surprise of surprises:
-Road signs show up just fine and pedestrians show up better, even with

This evening I was waiting at a red light. I was second in line behind
a cop; we were in the rightmost through lane. The light turns green,
the cop proceeds through the intersection. As he gets about half way
through, a pimply-faced kid driving Mommy's

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9440842/
Updated: 8:25 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2005
LAS VEGAS - The driver of a stolen car who authorities say
deliberately plowed into pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip, killing

I was commuting to work on Route 9 West in MA today, it's 2 lanes each
direction and I was going about 45 mph in the L lane..  Up ahead were 2
vehicles in the narrow U-turn lane between the Eastbound/Westbound
lanes; one car pulled into traffic about 300 feet ahead of me, which

One can't help but be aware of the number of fat people waddling around
these days. Its a real tribute to industrial cuisine.
What I would like to know is just how many millions of barrels of oil is
being used to just accelerate this extra lard mass.

Texas ingenuity vs. Louisiana incompetence
In contrast to what happened in New Orleans, FEMA and the Texas
authorities ordered an EMERGENCY evacuation which consisted of asking
residents to get in their SUVs and idle their SUVs in a 100-mile-long

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- Enraged after being cut off by a teen driver,
authorities say a man then followed the high school athlete home and tried
to run the youth down with his car. Instead, the 53-year-old was punched
into unconsciousness and died Tuesday.

I've been seeing this alot in my area lately and it's becoming a new major pet
peeve.  Cop pulls somebody over in the burbs, and the car pulls over
and stops in the middle of a turn lane.  What really jerks my chain is that the
cop always stops behind the person and proceeds to ...