Hi Viatologists,
Let's continue our tour of Beijing municipality, courtesy of photographer
Eran Propper!
Originating from the economic hub of Beijing and extending outwards, the

that brings out the control-freak in people?
In the last two days everyone I've been behind on a two lane road has
been driving ten under until I go to pass them or the road opens up to a
4 lane where they end up going 10 over.

About a week ago my wife got a tickets in Wayne NJ for improper
passing & careless driving in school zone.
Here is the story:
She was driving in residential area (at least 1/2 mile away from any

Hi Viatologists,
The Worldwide Highway Library (WHL) welcomes Eran Propper to its list of
contributors.  The Israeli national holds large interest in his homeland as
well as northern China: his soon-to-be-released contributions will show road

So I'm the second car in a left turn pocket behind a black Jetta
sedan. The light is red when I pull up, but I know the phases at this
intersection, and the last thing that happens on the cross street is
the traffic in the left turn lanes to my left get a protected left

Sis hates to stop at traffic lights. She prefers to travel on the
freeway. She has arranged her life so she's never far from the LA
freeways.
Sis lives in North Hollywood, just north of Chandler Blvd. Her home

You've heard the old cliche, "timing is everything."  I made the road
trip in probably the worst conditions in years.
The AM was occupied with a trip to the bank and oil change, so the
departure time wasn't until 1400.  KC's winter storm had just changed

http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=47047j
Man wants his $400K back from the FBI
Greg Sowinski | gsowinski@limanews.com - 12.18.2007
LIMA . Two robbers who broke into Luther Ricks Sr..s house this summer

Bush signed the new mileage requirements yesterday.  As written in the
newspaper (I know, I know!) it states "all cars will have to average
35 mpg by 2020"  I suspect they meant fleet average.
The real hit is light trucks, they also have to meet that, no more

http://cbs2chicago.com/local/cell.phone.ban.2.614044.html
Lawsuit To Challenge City Cell Phone Ban
Suit Claims Enforcement Is Illegal Because No Signs Warn Of Law
CHICAGO (CBS) Dec 19,2007 -- An attorney filed a legal challenge to

Were those people passing you doing a double take at you using the
turnout?  Especially since tou were driving that corvette? ;)
And are you using some kind of vioce synthesizer to do the narratioon or
is that your voice electronicly scrambled?

Between a SUV equipped with All Wheel Drive, versus the same SUV
equipped with part time 4WD, Electronic Stability Control/Traction
Control/Roll Mitigation, which one (if either) will do a better job at
keeping me out of the ditch here in Iowa when I hit an ice patch at

Several cities have gone back to black and white as their police car
colors.  I find that disturbing.  It implies a 1960's mind set and a
distancing from the notion of community policing.

Salut Viatologues francophones,
Aujourd'hui, j'ai trouvé un website excellent au sujet de la construction de
l'Autoroute 16:
http://www.a16.ch

Here's a plot of gas prices since April, 1979. Pay special attention
to the lower plot, which represents the price of gasoline adjusted for
inflation.
http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html