http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/drunken-tractor-driver-li-xianliang- kills-17-in-china-rampage/19578739 (Aug. 3) -- Funerals are being held in northern China today for 17 people killed by a drunken tractor driver who first ran over his boss at a coal depot, then plowed through a nearby...

I live directly across the street from a convenience store where I occasionally pick up the "emergency" 1/2gal of milk or laundry det. The streeet is one lane in either direction, and you could easily count 10-20 cars going by per minute in each direction. Technically, this is "jaywalking" - but...

By the cops. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9aa_1282200247 " Hart says Mark Ashford was walking his dogs near 20th and Little Raven in LoDo, when he saw police pull over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. Ashford told the driver he saw him stop and would be willing to testify in court....

> http://www.omni-parking.com/ OK, I went back to the scene of the crime (isn't it a crime against the poor?) and the rates are stated there below the red button to release the ticket. but in very small print. It's an old technique used by the lions to catch unsuspecting and stupid people. I...

Ref: http://tinyurl.com/2auouag According to this, they are now mandatory on all new vehicles. Too bad that the majority of the american (sic) public has no clue what the symbol means. One thing I didn't like about the rental car I had this weekend was that the buttons for the cruise control...

A redneck from GA is driving a rented red Chevy Impala with IL tags in Central NY. Let you know how it turns out on Tuesday... -- necromancer - ECHM

How much more testimony is required? Is DOJ dragging it's feet, on purpose?

On Aug 16, 11:22*pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock" > posted to no relavant group: Trolling more and enjoying it less...? ----- - gpsman

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Published: August 16, 2010 It has never been easy to safely navigate the streets of New York, where today automobiles zip inches away from smartphone-carrying pedestrians and the footrace across an intersection seems like a human version of the arcade game Frogger. But a...

On Aug 16, 3:52 am, "J.R.Guthrie" > wrote: > "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra- > > > > > Other people went into a rage too at the rates --I just learned-- and > > then they wonder why there's so much of it out there. > > People go into a rage...

Here is another reason why a car should not rely on unprotected electronics. Sensors and electronic controls, especially those electronics that are critical to the operation of the vehicle, should not be left unprotected. By interfering with and feeding bad data into these sensors that can...

Woman crashes into two parked semi-trucks http://www.ktvb.com/news/Woman-crashes-into-two-parked-semis-100611704.html BOISE -- A car crashed into two semi-trucks parked at a Mack Truck and Volvo business along I-84 Friday. The accident happened around midnight just west of the Orchard...

Given that most people tend to fill up their vehicles either on their way to work, or on their way home from work... why is it then that at two different gas stations recently I've stopped to get gas and haven't been able to because the attached convenience store is receiving its shipment of crap...

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:55:59 -0500, Jose@Casa_Mierda wrote: >Some job-screening tactics challenged as illegal, hurting hispanic criminals >and poor credit Blacks > >http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/7149128.html "Ain't dat jis the ****s?" Tyrone Washington

U.S. study finds driver error in most Toyota accidents Automaker acknowledges other research, independent corroboration is needed Staff and wire reports August 10, 2010 - 4:01 pm ET UPDATED: 8/10/10 6:56 p.m. ET WASHINGTON -- Brakes weren't applied by drivers of Toyota vehicles in at least 35 of...

Heard a good one from the service advisor at the local Ford dealer who has been trying to solve a mystery with one of my cars shutting off in traffic: I was asking if maybe the car might have water in the gas tank, and one of the things he mentioned is that with most all the gasoline brand these...

Talk about 1 expensive road, it was nearly $25 for my 1-way trip, and I still didn't drive the entire length of it. Went to their website, and it is talking about a toll increase. I found their comment section and informed them that they've seen my last penny, because I can take other roads, and...

http://www.wpxi.com/news/24562957/detail.html CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. -- State police said a woman wiped a dirty diaper on the window of another woman's vehicle during a dispute in a traffic jam as both were leaving the Fayette County Fair. Jessica Hollis, 23, of Mount Pleasant, has been charged...

This is how "moderated bicycle groups" (aka censored) solve the problem we have with cycling... http://groups.google.com/group/bicycledriving/browse_thread/thread/e69ad85d4dd57eec/0679f7cdf7c070d0?hl=en& The same for "Bike Forums" and the Florida Bicycle Association (offending God worshipers in a...

I am probably not alone in wondering what has happened to the chief viatological theorist. I strangely miss the regular lesions^^lessons Hope you are well and practising your science Carl.