Cars

Wheelie results in angry man brandishing a handgun
The angry man is an off duty cop... so it isn't his home that gets raided and his computers taken when his feelings are hurt that his thuggery ends up on youtube. http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/19/motorcyclist-arrested-for-recording-cop-brandishing-gun-with-hel/ http://carlosmiller.com/2010/04/16/maryland-mot... 27 Apr 2010 23:35

media fail.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/04/25/2010-04-25_crooks_made_my_car_speed_freak_and_then_i_got_it_back.html "Amanda Pogany's once-humble white 1996 Honda Accord was returned to her drag-race ready, with a brand-new V-8 engine, tinted windows, oversized tires with special hubcaps - and custom va... 26 Apr 2010 10:18

You can't drive too slow, eh??
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:13:39 -0400, necromancer - ECHM wrote: Just finished watching an episode of Alaska State Troopers on NatGeo. The last segment had a Trooper pulling over a suspicious vehicle suspecting DUI. The driver was underage and blew a 0.02 - apparently grounds for arrest in AK, but the Troope... 27 Apr 2010 17:59

Mans best friend
http://www.adn.com/2010/04/22/1246098/hero-dog-leads-trooper-to-caswell.html ... 24 Apr 2010 21:41

I knew RLCs would ticket for this.
Something else I've been honked at for has been stopping for the fraction of a second of red between the green ball and the green arrow. I knew that RLCs would likely ticket that. Sure enough: http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/31/3119.asp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndhEE-pKRs ... 25 Apr 2010 17:53

Traffic Engineering term for "Sloth"
We've all gotten used to the term "Sloth" which is used here for those who drive slower than the flow of traffic in other than the rightmost lane, and who accelerate at barely measurable rates. Have you ever wondered what real traffic engineers call such drivers? Have you ever wondered how they refer to drivers... 4 May 2010 12:23

Would Hitler have turned a good environmentalist?
On 2010-04-22, Ashton Crusher <demi(a)moore.net> wrote: as long as we continue to do nothing to limit population growth the notion of "conservation" is pointless. To be clear, I am not saying it is pointless to avoid pollution, it is good to avoid pollution, but it is pointless to worry about whether we ar... 23 Apr 2010 18:32

ABS brakes
I pegged her at 70 years old plus minus. She pulled out of a fast food on my left in a heart beat I,m in the left lane of thru traffic. I,m on the binders on ABS and they are working on overtime. I come to a stop 3 feet from her right front fender. ... 10 May 2010 02:19

cop labor monopoly
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/04/22/police_turn_up_heat_on_civilian_flaggers/ "Lynn Williams, a construction worker in a yellow vest, was standing in the middle of a South Boston intersection, holding a sign warning drivers to slow down, when police showed up and ordered her to sto... 23 Apr 2010 18:33

OS and memory buffers was Re: Droid Nation
On Apr 21, 11:17 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Last time on rec.autos.driving, Clark F Morris <cfmpub...(a)ns.sympatico.ca> said: Clark, Thanks for you reply, but I already know the answer. I just wanted to watch Larry hem and haw as he tried to come up with something. :) ... 23 Apr 2010 18:33