From http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080102/us_nm/usa_phones_traffic_dc:
Cell phone users tie up traffic: study
By Julie Steenhuysen Wed Jan 2, 3:26 PM ET
CHICAGO (Reuters) - If you're late for work, a driver using a cell phone may

Hi Viatologists,
As you may already know, the Worldwide Highway Library (WHL) new
web-interface.  Its design, once completed, will allow you to easily
navigate and click into photos, videos and WHL-360s from a *single* menu.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0110084dui1.html
Drunkest Driver Ever?
Oregon woman nine times over state blood alcohol content limit
JANUARY 10--In what may be the most extreme drunk driving case ever, an

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpomTIkv0V8
The government in Washington cannot protect it's own citizens from
criminal
invaders.

...But idiot Truckers are still a-driving - despite multiple VMSes
warning high-profile vehicles of high winds ahead. I guess if Truckers
can't read the underpass height limit signs, why would anyone expect
them to be able to read a VMS?

Well, I have the first video uploaded. This is GA303 Southbound to GA25-
Spir southbound in Glynn County, GA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEiZN_mXQwU
I'll probablly embed it onto the web site later when I have some more

Got this weekend's MFFY trucker on video. Low res mode because I had too
much stuff saved on the card.
http://blip.tv/file/597180/

If you bump into a curb and get a small crack in your car, do you
generally need to report this to your insurance company?  How do you
know if something must be reported?

Look for them within the next 10 years. By the time I'm ready to hang
up my car keys, the technology ought to be perfected. :)
http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/728885,CST-NWS-driver07.article
Self-driving cars could go on sale in 10 years

Fascinating reading.
http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2006/02/the_solution_to.html
The Solution to Traffic Congestion
An iron law of economics states that demand always expands beyond the

As of today, January 7, 2008, The world has run out of crude oil.
It's completely gone, except for a few tankers still waiting to be
unloaded.  Gasoline will rise to $1000 a gallon and higher by this
time tomorrow, and when it's gone, it will be gone for good and

    I recently bought a new car and was surprised to learn that it had
something called continuously variable transmission instead of being automatic.
I googled it to learn what it was.  I'm a long-time stick shift lover, so was
really NOT looking forward to driving an automatic.  ...

Got the camera and have been playing around with it today. I received
the thing on Monday, but with a pesky jury duty thing to do yesterday, I
was not able to really play around with untill today. I even did a test
film in the car with the camera sandwiched between the pasenger ...

With all the parents that make bad decisions in regards to their
children driving, here's a story of a parent to did something right.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/09/mean.mom.ap/index.html
Here's a couple of snippets from the article: