First, there was Uncle Buck:  "Oh sorry kid, looks like they burned
down disneyland."
Then Universal studios burnt down, local news showed kids who had
driven all the way from Texas...

I have lurked here off and on for some time.  I find this group to be
informative, opinionated and humorous to follow.  I live in Indiana.
Here the state police along with many local law enforcement branches
are allowed to use their police cruisers for personal use while not on

So I'm on the on-ramp to the toll road. I turned left to get onto the
ramp, and stayed in the left (FasTrak) lane. Some idiot in a Volvo
station wagon comes screaming around the curve into the right (cash)
lane and ends up right next to me. I look ahead and see that there is

My local Costco (Van Nuys, Los Angeles County) gas station has the
cheapest gas around ($4.519 for regular unleaded) and almost always
has lines.  The Costco station is designed so that all traffic enters
from the street and heads east, away from the street.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DC_cops_abandon_checkpoints_after_night_0613.html
<...>
Police in Washington, DC, have abandoned checkpoints it established in
an unsafe neighborhood after a night of violence saw eight shootings

Hi Viatologists,
Tonight, the Worldwide Transportation Library offers a video from Yosemite
National Park:
http://wwtl.info/tmp/1506

Interested in turning water into fuel source that could work on any
motor vehicle?
Then visit this site: http://www.hydrocarfuel.com
See a video on it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfcYJ-Nqt64

KTLA's top story at 6:30 is the sharp increase in ridership on MTA
trains. They attribute the increase to high gasoline prices, citing
one commuter who takes the subway even though he just purchased a
fuel-efficient car.

PITTSBURG,CA POLICE SAID YOU CAN'T DRIVE W/YOUR LIGHTS
why did the PITTSBURG,CA cop get shot tonight night because there was
no backup because the backup was out giving out tickets to people that
drive with their lights on instead of backing up their own cops.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25123570/
Calif. school defends DWI shock tactics
Students were told classmates had died in car wrecks — they hadn't
updated 3:51 p.m. MT, Thurs., June. 12, 2008

As trucks and trains haul a flood of foreign goods from Southern
California ports, commuters fight for space with freight.
By Dan Weikel and Jeffrey L. Rabin, Times Staff Writers
June 10, 2008

http://tinyurl.com/3wxwvz
The short of it, he fell asleep at the wheel after being on duty for
34 hours straight, killing seven after crashing into a car and school
bus.

AFT Trinty Power Corp has produced a hybrid SUV that out performs
comparable  gasoline SUVs in all models.
The XH-150 runs up tp 87 mph and up to 40 miles on a single charge.
If your commute is less than 40 miles a day, most days you would not

I need to drive from Turlock, CA (Stockton area) to National City, CA
(San Diego area).  GPS wants to route me down route 5, which looks
reasonable.  But this appears to pass right through the heart of
downtown LA, which also seems like a really BAD IDEA.

I have come up with an easy way to draw the dividing line between the
good drivers and the bad drivers: good drivers, when they encounter an
obstruction (such as a slower vehicle ahead of them in their lane),
CHANGE LANES and immediately go around the obstruction, usually