Cars

Another Huge Step Towards Self-Driving Cars
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:35:22 -0700, Scott in SoCal wrote: The title of the article is "Audi�s Robotic Car Drives Better Than You Do" - and that's undoubtedly true in 99.999% of cases. Notice how the team leveraged the existing OEM gadgetry in the car, such as the adaptive cruise control and the drive-by-w... 5 May 2010 20:33

In-Car Video of a Runaway Prius!!!
On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:42:05 -0700, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Advance the cursor to the 50 minute mark and click play. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-364883774856478814# It looked like a mustang but I didn't think they ever had that kind of speedo. ... 13 Apr 2010 00:49

Photo-ticket for not coming to full stop
My wife got a photo-generated ticket for not fully stopping before making a legal right turn on a red light. Has anybody else heard of the use of cameras to catch this kind of violation? -- Charles Packer http://cpacker.org/whatnews mailboxATcpacker.org ... 6 May 2010 13:11

Open letter to CA drivers
On Apr 9, 11:53 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: All you want to do is drive the speed limit (or the flow of traffic or whatever) and get where you're going. Despite the mountain of evidence to the contrary perhaps the most common misconception among motorists is that traffic should alwa... 23 Apr 2010 22:00

If there is a Japanese God out there...
Mr. Toyoda- if you are lurking here, please spend a few minutes of your time cerebrating on these points: You see, its much easier for Toyota to defend itself and silence the general public, when the TM stock pps is going up. Therefore, start taking some aggressive actions to support your stock- it will b... 9 Apr 2010 21:15

Healthcare: We helped Germany rebuilt, now let them help us
"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message news:slrnhrv49a.jop.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net... Get into a 200 car pile up while tailgating in a snowstorm as long as every body else is driving 0.25 seconds off the bumper of the car in front. That's ok too. Everybody else ra... 18 Apr 2010 14:13

If you can't miss a dump truck sitting in the road...
OK, so it was only the bed of the dump truck, who could be expected to see that? Manchester, Ontario County (WSYR-TV) – At least 17 people were hurt in an early morning accident on the NYS Thruway, when the back of a dump truck lifted and struck an overpass. The crash happened just before 5am in the eastbound ... 9 Apr 2010 10:04

Men sentenced over Whizzinator, a device to beat drug tests
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10098/1048872-84.stm Men sentenced over Whizzinator, a device to beat drug tests Thursday, April 08, 2010 The Associated Press A California man today was sentenced to six months in federal prison for running a company that sold a male prosthetic called the Whizzinator th... 9 Apr 2010 02:24

More proof that Jeff Rense is a PAID CORPORATE SHILL
http://www.rense.com/general90/rav.htm Broke Cities Ravage Motorists With Speeding Tickets By Scott Teeters 4-9-10 GOCHA!!! That'll be $500, sir. Have a nice day and drive safely. Recently, I was listening to Gerald Celente on The Jeff Rense Program on the internet, and Gerald mentioned that the pre... 11 Apr 2010 11:17

An oversight? sure it was.
At least one person has apparently either been paying attention to the advice given here and elsewhere or else is simply smarter than your average bear and knows right from wrong... (also shamelessly stolen from Fark, today must be RAD day on Fark) http://consumerist.com/2010/04/have-you-ever-suspected-that.htm... 8 Apr 2010 19:45