Cars

21st DUI earns man 10-year sentence
By Janice Morse • enquirer.com • March 3, 2010 A Mason man appears to be Ohio's worst repeat drunken driver - with 21 convictions - and he now has 10 years to think it over in prison. On Wednesday, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Sage passed that sentence on Kevin J. Ante, 45, calling him "a ticki... 4 Mar 2010 18:07

A Sense of Hurry?
On 2010-03-04, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Would you pay $0.75 in order to travel 0.92 miles? Almost every day I see people get onto the CA-241 toll road, pay the toll via their FasTrak transponders, and remain in the acceleration lane until the next exit. The parallel surface... 4 Mar 2010 00:13

RLCs Affect Crashes at Intersection
On Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:39:41 -0800, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Sounds like a good trade-off: reduce the number of more deadly T-bone crashes, and replace them with more rear-end crashes. That's a net increase in safety, right? http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/light+cameras+affect+cr... 4 Mar 2010 01:18

LOL! After bad-mouthing Toyota, GM reportedly recalling 1.3 million compact cars
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-reportedly-recalling-13-million-compa ct-cars-2010-03-02-15300 LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Co. is recalling 1.3 million compact cars sold in North America over the past five years due to problems with power-steering functions, according to reports Tuesday. ... 7 Mar 2010 23:59

another step down slope..
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/30/3066.asp "Washington: Legislature May Allow Cops To Seize Cars At Will" "Police in Washington state will have the power to take any car for at least twelve hours under legislation passed unanimously by the state House earlier this month and considered by a Senate committee ... 3 Mar 2010 17:36

Highway Deaths And Crashes Drop In First Year Of Hands-Free Cell Phone Law
http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/view/142207 SACRAMENTO � Recently released collision and fatality data from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) confirms that California�s streets and highways are safer following the implementation of California�s "hands- free" cell phone law. CHP certified number... 2 Mar 2010 14:43

States go after texting drivers
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-24-texting_N.htm The fight against distracted driving may be at a tipping point as 23 states debate legislation to ban texting while driving, a practice 19 states already prohibit. "Legislators are looking to see if it (texting) is enough of a safety issue that they... 8 Mar 2010 16:29

Operation Emboss: 67.14%
"Chicago Paddling-Fishing" <jwn(a)ripco.com> wrote Surprise us Carl, just post once when your done! Why not ask the the wind not to blow, as well? You'd probably get the same response ;) ... 2 Mar 2010 10:10

2 killed by Toyota accelerators in 2009 - 39,998 killed by speeders, DUIs, redlight runners, and cell-drivers
Igor <thoovler(a)excite.com> wrote in news:5988aa51-dacb-4a5f-b529- bec6d26bddf9(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com: On Feb 27, 10:23�pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers Kill Kids" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Which of the two problems in Congress incensed about? Which of the two problems does Congress have any c... 1 Mar 2010 23:13

Car carrier plows into dealer's lot
The full headline in the Los Angeles Times was: Car carrier careens off 60 Freeway and into Ford dealership's lot February 19, 2010 | 11:48 pm A big-rig car carrier filled with new vehicles crashed into a car dealership in the City of Industry on Friday night after blowing a tire and careening off the westbo... 1 Mar 2010 22:07