On the KTLA Morning Show is a report of a new twist on the seasonal
sting operations that cops in SoCal seem to do every year at about
this time. This year some cops in Orange County are dressing up like
Santa's elves, hiding a LIDAR gun in a Christmas tree on the side of

Today, there are two new highway videos from western Maryland and southern
California:
(1)  Redlands, CA video.  Covers State Route 38, known in the area as Orange
Street, near its terminus w/ Interstate 10:

I drive a short strech of road that runs adjacent to the 101 from my
location in Tempe to my job in Scottsdale at about 7:30AM. I noticed that
about half the drivers exiting the off-ramps don't turn left or right but
just go straight ahead onto the next on-ramp. These ...

Went to J-ville to do a little Christmas shopping this afternoon.(Ok,
ok, it was Christmas shopping for me mostly - I rather like the new
widescreen LCD I bought myself, but I am digressing horriblly...)
Anyways the ride down I-95 to J-ville very noteworthy for a few

I was running a little late today, so I decided to take a shortcut on
the 241 toll road. The section I took has an unmanned toll booth at
the end of the off-ramp; the toll is $0.75. As I rolled up to it there
were two other cars stopped in the cash lane ahead of me. The lead car

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/14/1475.asp
Virginia: Toll Cameras Cost More Than They Save
Virginia toll cameras will cost more than the amount they will collect
in unpaid fines.

Yet Another MFFY Trucker:
http://i12.tinypic.com/2hh1xrq.jpg
This guy felt it was necessary to park less than a foot awat from teh
bumper of a pickup truck; he was blocking a second vehicle, as well.

Horns that beep anytime the vehicle is backing up. You see (hear)
them on dump trucks and the like all the time.  So many idiots don't
look when backing up.
Years ago i had a vehicle in which i rigged up a switch so the horn

The CNET guy and his family? The news reports mention that he managed
to get stranded on a Bear Camp Road in SW Oregon. They were trying to
get to the coast using a shortcut. Well here is the map of the area:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Galice,+OR&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=10&ll=42.608695 ...

OK, what does everyone carry along with them that might help.  I mean, right
now, not what you might take along with hindsight.
Right now, I travel with Street Atlas USA running on the laptop and a Garmin
GPS III driving it to make a moving map function.  The latest word on the

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/16181261.htm
"Available for sale or lease: Historic, 359-mile toll road. Guaranteed
income. Heavily worn; needs TLC. Work force of thousands included. See
Gov. Rendell for details."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYNYk.c_jNrY&refer=home
Ford's U.S. Sales Unexpectedly Fall; Toyota Gains (Update10)
By Bill Koenig and Alan Ohnsman
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales fell 9.6 percent

http://tinyurl.com/yynloz
The short if it, homocidal teens toss a 14KG+ boulder off an overpass
and a bus driver on the road beneath is killed. Teens get slap on the
wrist for their crime.