Thanks to cheap gas prices, a strong economy, and widespread availability of automobiles, it looks like American drivers drove more miles last year than ever before. A little bit of history in the making. Do you find this fact interesting? Do you enjoy driving? What is the best car, in your opinion?
People Are Tweeting and Driving in This Sad, Sad World
A new survey released on Tuesday morning reveals details of what we had all feared: People who drive cars are not just texting their friends while behind the wheel, they’re also using their time cruising to tweet, update Facebook, and shoot videos. Why bother living when you could be dead instead?
Woman: Whoops, My Parrot Made Me Crash My Damn Car
Parrots seem like good enough birds, in the scheme of all the other birds. Colorful and fun and they can mimic human voices—what's not to love? That being said, parrots are birds and not people—they will not help you drive your car—so if you're the kind of person who brings your parrot on car rides without keeping…
Teens Sometimes Change Clothes While Driving, Study Says
Ah, the carefree days of teenagehood. Cruising around with your friends in mom's beatup minivan and not giving a hoot about anything, even keeping your eyes on the road. A new study reports that twenty-seven percent of teenagers have admitted to changing clothes, contact lenses, and doing homework while driving.…
Duo Driving Donuts on Toms River Send Dog to Icy GraveÂ
A New Jersey police dive team recovered a pickup truck that sunk into the Toms River early Sunday morning after the vehicle was spotted driving donuts on the ice. The driver and passenger later turned themselves into police; both were unharmed. Their dog was not so lucky: Police found its frozen body in the…
South Dakota Sadly Forced to Cancel "Don't Jerk and Drive" CampaignÂ
South Dakota has pulled, yanked, and/or tugged a public safety campaign warning drivers about the dangers of "jerking"while they're on the road, largely because of the behind-the-scenes machinations of the state's powerful pro-jerking lobby. Kidding! It was because some residents objected to the use of double entendre,
Sarah Palin's Budding NASCAR Career Cut Short by Speeding Ticket
When you're Sarah Palin and you get clocked doing 63 in a 45, there are lots of good responses to give reporters: "It was dumb, won't do it again." "I was in a hurry, won't do it again." "Why do you think this is news? Won't do it again." But then, if you're Sarah Palin, you're gonna go another way.
Kid Can't Legally Drive, But He Can Park the Hell Out of a Go-Kart
This young driving ace is the Elwood Blues, the Ken Block, of parking a go-kart. Or, if you're a Top Gear fan, he's like The Stig—an anonymous stud whose identity is concealed by his racing suit.
Truck Driver Causes Fatal Collision While Looking at Porn
A British truck driver plowed into a car stopped on a highway shoulder, killing a 20-year-old woman, because he was trying to simultaneously drive and look at porn.
Naked Man Dives Through Open Sunroof, Attacks Driver
Last week, a Dallas resident filmed a shocking daytime attack involving a crazed naked man and an open sunroof.
Teen in "Me Driving Like an Idiot" Video Charged With Reckless Driving
A teen driver who filmed himself crashing into four vehicles, injuring 5 people, has been arrested for leaving the scene of a crash. Police found him after he uploaded video of the incident to YouTube under the title "Me Driving Like an Idiot."
Experience the Elation of Hitting Fifty-Five Green Lights In a Row
The average American spends 38 hours a year staring at brake lights. But not this guy.
Talking and texting are still illegal, but a California court of appeals ruled today that it's perfectly ok to use a cell phone while driving if you use it as a map. The court reasoned that because cell phones could only text and call when the handheld laws were enacted in 2006, only those functions are banned.
