http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25417216/
Drunken driver gets 43 years for deadly crash
Crash killed Maryland mother, four children
updated 3:00 p.m. MT, Fri., June. 27, 2008

Since tomorrow is the BIG DAY (handheld cell phone use in your car
becomes illegal), KTLA (and, I suspect, every other California media
outlet) is running lots of stories about what you can do to avoid a
$20 ticket. Today they got a guy from Al & Ed's Autosound to

If they are willing to lie under oath and ruin people's lives to make
their performance objectives why wouldn't they do it with traffic
tickets?
http://wcbstv.com/local/Undercover.NYPD.Officers.2.759420.html

The Threat to the Car;
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerenceJeffrey/2008/06/12/the_threat_to_
the_car

Drove home completely wasted tonight.  Total one-eye-squinter.
Peace,
Houston

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2445.asp
"It was one of the dullest drives of my life, but in the interest of
science I stuck with it," Clarkson said. "Seriously, what I'm saying is,
it isn't what you drive that matters, it's how you drive it. That is

I have always been puzzled at the phenomenon of the Sloth Phalanx -
those tight arrays of cars that seem to be perfectly content to
sacrifice their space cusions and travel in a tight covalent lattice.
Here is how I suspect these clusters form:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25356080/
Father, son killed in Calif. road rage shooting
Dad had inadvertently blocked an intersection and was backing up
updated 5:35 p.m. MT, Tues., June. 24, 2008

Is there anything unsafe about driving 45 on interstates ( exception
being congested freeways ). I am a cyclist and find it perfectly safe
to cycle in traffic much faster than me. So I dont see how going 45
on the interstate would be any less safe. Even if someone hits you

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2442.asp
"Mannering used a statistical model to calculate accident probabilities
based on his own examination of data from 390,000 accidents recorded by
the Indiana Vehicle Crash Record System. After applying the model, he

I drive a V-10 Excursion.  WHn I purchased it, gasoline was priced
reasonably and I had a relatively short commute to work.  The roominess, the
macho intimidation factor I got from tailgaiting slowpokes on the interstate
brought tremendous joy and pride to me in the early years.  ...

Seems they are now jailing people based on their speed cameras.
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/24/2441.asp

It's all starting to come together.
For years now, "Buy Here, Pay Here" used car lots have been
selling/leasing cars to people with poor credit.
http://www.courses.psu.edu/hd_fs/hd_fs597_rxj9/auto.htm

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/timujin/Fark/driving-rules.gif
Link grabbed from a fark discussion thread.

This is for those familiar with EZ Pass.
I just got one (NY) and didn't want to use the tape on my windshield. So I
got three clear suction cups (about 1 1/4 inch each) with narrow wire hooks.
I straightened out the hooks and placed the wires between the two sides of