During a report on sleep-deprivation experiments, Leslie Stahl asked
one test subject, who had been deprived of sleep for 5 days, and who
was having trouble answering even the most basic questions, if she
felt that she could go downstairs and drive a motor vehicle. The test

Click the link to see the picture.
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/taiwans-solution-to-traffic-jams/
   About a year ago in Taiwan, they started installing countdown
timers at traffic lights at a number of intersections. Some counted

Dallas increased yellow light timing and now it's cameras are being
pulled for lack of profit.  The article is full of pro-RLC spin and
saying yellows are for 'motorists to beat a red', but the message is
clear... longer yellow = much less red light running = no camera profit.

Does this remind you of drivers you have observed?  :^)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/zits.asp?date=20080316

Hi Viatologists,
The elevation rise between Sacramento and Donner Summit can be
described as a steady, yet dramatic climb.  Starting from sea level
and rising to 2,160 metres in just a two hour drive, a brisk panorama

Hi Viatologists,
As a well-sought destination along Interstate 80 (...including former
US Federal Route 40 and the Lincoln Highway), Reno was put onto the
map for its gambling, booze and straight-out good times.  While many

Appears the "law" isn't gonna do ANYTHING to him. Money talks.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23580465/
Pro golfer Arjun Atwal won't be charged in street race after fatal car
crash

"The rigorous studies clearly show red-light cameras don't work," said
lead author Barbara Langland-Orban, professor and chair of health
policy and management at the USF College of Public Health. "Instead,
they increase crashes and injuries as drivers attempt to abruptly stop

An instructional video on passing: http://blip.tv/file/719780
A double! MFFY's having a conversation end it with one ASSuming a 4 way
stop. http://blip.tv/file/747034
A *LATE* congaliner... http://blip.tv/file/748241 and another one:

"MURS radios" <horseshoe7@yahoo.com> wrote in message

This morning, the I-405/I-10 interchange in Santa Monica, CA, one of the
busiest spots in SoCal, was named after its designer. Marilyn Jorgenson
Reece, the civil engineer who designed the interchanged, was California's
first licensed civil engineer.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-golf-course-landing-storymar04,0,59
60746.story
What do you do when your son is late to a tennis tuneup and team tryouts
are two days away?
A Lake Villa man hopped in his Piper Clipper airplane Saturday, breezed

So I'm driving down the street in the right hand lane. In the lane to
my left is some guy in a white Subaru WRX STI (vanity plate: "DADS
STI"). He's been driving pretty lacadaisically for the last few miles
- no sense of urgency whatsoever. Suddenly, as we are getting close to

From Businessweek.com
Zero-Pollution Car Coming to U.S.
The Zero-Pollution MDI Air Car, invented in France and licensed by
India's Tata Motors, will go on sale in the U.S. by 2010