Here's the info!  Maybe this meet work out; if not, one can be
rescheduled for later this year.  If interested in the proposal, please
let me know by e-mail (carl hyphen mtr at calrog dot com) or respond in
this thread.  Times to be negotiated by all participants and thereafter

My CA driving licence is expiring in a few days.
I wonder if written test will be required to renew it.
For some reason I didn't get renewal notice in the mail
so I don't know what to expect. CA DMV web site says

A Sloth in a minivan was doing the usual nonsense, accelerating very
slowly from stops and blocking the left lane.  After most of the blocked
traffic had passed the Sloth, it turned from the left lane into a
residential zone on the right, which has the usual posted speed limit of ...

A bit of trivia I thought I'd share.  I posted here about my
car accident last week--first one in decades--in which
a pill-popping lady in a MB CLK slammed into my old Mazda.
This morning, another female (this one young and looking

This was the top story on the KTLA Morning News this morning. A
Ferrari Enzo, allegedly moving at 200 MPH, crashed into a telephone
pole on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu.
http://video.ktla.com/Global/Video/WorldnowASX.asp?os=&vt=v&clipid=690310

and in the fast lane, too!
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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=state&id=3932804
80-Year-Old Woman Drives Wrong Way on Interstate

Not sure if this was posted before:
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/5298686/detail.html
CINCINNATI -- Vincent George has been putting on his Cincinnati police
officer uniform for seven years -- he's even received awards for his

So I am driving home from work and am stopped at red light. 4 lane road,
I am the lead car in the right lane. Behind and in the left lane is a
police cruiser from two towns over.
I accelerate swiftly when the light goes green up to the speed limit. The

Insane Paris Traffic.
This is a Video-Clip of Traffic-Conditions and behavior in Paris. I
think it's absolutely insane. I rather stay home.
http://www.jumpingpixels.com/french1.html

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/09/971.asp
Found this on Fark.com earlier today and I just want to hear people
sound off on it. Seems like a perfect article for discussion on here,
and I'm surprised nobody beat me to it.

It really happens. One small bag of marijuana bought
from an undercover cop can land you in jail and also
cost you your vehicle.
The cost for society is tremendous: father goes to

According to my sorry excuse for a daily local newspaper, on Friday Caltrans
made a big deal about kicking a few of the projects into high gear here in
the High Desert. Highway 220 was mentioned. But there is already a US 220 in
the opposite corner of the country, and it doesn't ...

North American Man Car Love Association.  If you love cars then you're
a speeder and than means you're beyond molesting kids.  You are into
killing and maiming them. Car lovers are the most common and the most
dangerous criminals in america.  Lock them up before they kill your

Two Troopers Recognized for "Looking Beyond the License Plate"
The International Association of Chiefs of Police has recognized two
Massachusetts State Police Troopers for their keen investigation of a
license plate violation.  The Troopers' keen observations during this

Just found out about this new car and i was struck by the arab sounding
name - reminds you of Al-Jazeera the arab media outlet.  Is Hyundai
targeting those dastardly Moozlims??