Greetings everybody . my 19 year old son was involved in an accident . he was turning left and a vehicle over taking a parked vehicle to his left smashed into him, neither admitted fault . both were groups of youngsters. after ten minutes , a representative from the other vehicle approached my...

Hi All, Here's a glimpse of westbound Motorway 2 in Contae Aontroma (County Antrim): http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2175566117025107939&q=Belfast+M1 At the 1:03 mark, exit-signage is given for Route A57. The end of the video is approximately three miles (~six kilometres) from...

Saw a Shell station locally that has changed its gas price from $2.15 on Thursday to $2.09 yesterday. Several others have dropped their prices here also. And I heard on the radio news break last night that some governmental energy agency or another is predicting prices to go lower (to the high...

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > My little drive went great until I got back to The OC. Here was your mistake, Scott, yo returned to the real world. :) -- "Why? Why?? WHY??? Why is it that most people who are against abortion...

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... >I found out today that it IS possible to have a pleasant drive on the > Ortega Highway. For those not familiar with it, the Ortega Highway (CA > 74) is a twisty mountain nroad that runs...

> writes: > If the lane markings go all the way through the intersection > the BMW driver should not have changed lanes. Even if the markings were dashed versus solid?

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > Note: this video does not depict an actual event. It's more like > wishful thinking. :) > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5332027458873243919 ROTFLMAO!!!!! Scott, it seems that you have...

Hi All, I've posted some very interesting items to my blog this week. In particular: 1. Motorcycle Safety Training Video (just click, watch and listen) 2. Tire Pressure Warnings Video (just click, watch and listen)

Scott en Aztlán wrote: > No age is given for the driver that caused this carnage. Any bets? > > http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5706430 > > A Summerlin neighborhood has a big mess to clean up after police say a > woman drove into several homes and vehicles. It happened overnight > near...

Hi All, Here's a video that covers expansive territory between Denver and the Utah stateline. Keep your eyes peeled for the Eisenhower Tunnel along the way: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7341156147248453051&q=i-70&hl=en Authors: Two Friends.

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > I'm in the rightmost of two dedicated left turn lanes. The > cross-street I am turning onto is a 4-laner (two in the direction I'm > turning). To my left in the l;eftmost left turn...

Interesting Aussie scam: slide out of fines by blaming dead guy or non-resident. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/13/australia.speeding.ap/index.html SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Hundreds of Australian drivers have come up with a way to weasel out of tickets: Blame it on a dead guy. More...

Scott en Aztlán wrote: > It's all over the news today: Currently, CA has HOV (High Occupancy > Vehicle) lanes, which currently require either a carpool of two or > more occupants, or an electric/hybrid/motorcycle with at least one > occupant. Authorities are considering converting them to HOT...

Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > I, for one, will never pay to use them. Already the HOV lanes are > nearly useless because there is always some Sloth blocking it. If more > people are allowed to use them this will only get worse. Why would > anyone pay to use a lane that doesn't move any...

> > I, for one, will never pay to use them. Already the HOV lanes are > nearly useless because there is always some Sloth blocking it. If more > people are allowed to use them this will only get worse. Why would > anyone pay to use a lane that doesn't move any faster than the freebie >...

Scott en Aztlán wrote: > It's all over the news today: Currently, CA has HOV (High Occupancy > Vehicle) lanes, which currently require either a carpool of two or > more occupants, or an electric/hybrid/motorcycle with at least one > occupant. Authorities are considering converting them to HOT...

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > I'm in the rightmost of two dedicated left turn lanes. The > cross-street I am turning onto is a 4-laner (two in the direction I'm > turning). To my left in the l;eftmost left turn lane is a white...

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > > http://i15.tinypic.com/4dmx500.jpg > > After he's done rubbing and buffing, he drives off to who knows where. > WTF is it with these nutjobs? Why don't they park in their *own* > goddamn parking...

Scott en Aztlán wrote: > Here in SoCal we have a phenomenon I have never observed anywhere > else: there are a LOT of people who will get into their cars at lunch > time, drive over to someone else's parking lot, park under a shady > tree, and sit there for an hour eating their sack lunch, reading...

I went to the SoFL Int. Auto Show 2006 last month at the Miami Beach Convention Center, and I took a ton of pictures. There were over 40 manufacturers showing off their new 2007 vehicle models. Here's the link (the pics are organized by manufacturer)...