This video animates "the pain that is Los Angeles traffic" by using a map with colorful dots representing traffic, general hazards, and police. Makes you wonder how a video of New York traffic would look in comparison.
Two guys waiting in stop-and-go traffic in Nashville capture an out of shape police officer running through cars in hot pursuit of a suspect. The results are predictably hilarious.
With many policemen busy trying to topple Gadaffi, this young boy steps up to direct the traffic at a busy intersection in rebel-controlled Benghazi. He says it's his way of contributing to the revolution.
New York State Senator Carl Kruger is proposing a ban on listening to your iPod or talking on a cellphone while crossing the street, citing a rising number of distracted pedestrian accidents. The fine for getting caught would be $100.
Here is a video about a couple of Americans who boarded a cab Tianjin, China. The driver made a wrong turn, and to remedy that mistake, he has chosen to backtrack by driving down the wrong side of the freeway.
Traffic data provider NAVTEQ says New York has the slowest-moving traffic in the country and three of the 10 slowest-moving freeways. In good news, traffic fatalities in the city are at an all-time low. You'll die sitting in gridlock instead!
A town in northern Spain is imposing fines on prostitutes who work along a stretch of rural road if they don't wear reflective vests. They say the hookers pose a traffic hazard. But how will they make orange sexy?
We've heard about the troubling behavior of Meg Whitman's eldest son, Griffith Harsh, who has been arrested twice and accused of rape. Let's check in on younger brother William. He appeared in court on Tuesday on a careless driving charge.
A new study shows that accidents caused by texting drivers actually increases when the activity is prohibited by law. That's because people send text messages, but try to get sneaky about it. We suggest threatening thumb amputation for all offenders.
[Some 34 million Americans are driving somewhere fabulous for the weekend. Actually they're probably stuck in a traffic jam like this one in Oakland. Enjoy the long weekend, folks. Try not to spend it all in the car. Image: Getty]
Last Sunday a Thai woman was stopped at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport when security screeners saw x-ray images of bones among a stash of stuffed tiger toys in her luggage. Inside they found a drugged two-month old tiger cub.
[A Chinese truck driver washes up after spending two days in the 60 miles long Beijing-Tibet Expressway traffic jam. Sucks to be him right now. Image via AP]
A traffic jam on China's Beijing-Tibet Expressway that started nine days ago is still going strong, stretching over 60 miles. Drivers are playing cards on the road, and some have suggested holding concerts to entertain stranded motorists. 60 miles!
U Street in Washington D.C. was covered in "a greasy mess that smelled like vomit" on Wednesday. Was it the sickening, bilious waste of the United States Senate, come to life? No, it was just "used restaurant oil." [WTOP]
Remember that video of an unbound horse running alongside bicycles in the Tour de France, featured in Amelie? A runaway Barnum & Bailey zebra paid homage to that yesterday, but on a downtown Atlanta highway.
Comscore has finally caved to a decade of complaints from web publishers that its traffic estimates woefully undercount site traffic, thus producing a vast disparity between Comscore numbers and the numbers the sites have in their logs.
Why'd Scientology unveil their new Washington D.C. "Ideal Org" on Halloween, of all days? 'Guess the wide public perception of Scientology being spooky-sketchy hasn't taken. Whatever the incentive: it's pissing off commuters, being protested, and—naturally—has Anonymous spies inside.
One more great thing about plunging earnings, rampant unemployment, and the nation's overall economic malaise: If you're traveling this Labor Day weekend, you can expect to find airports and roads a lot less congested! Air travel is expected to fall 20 percent this year compared to last, and the AAA is predicting a 13…
The controversial plan to ban cars from Herald and Times squares takes effect on Sunday. But there's some good news to take your mind off the giant traffic jams that will inevitably be created by the initiative: The city has announced a series of exciting events this summer, including a "simulcast of the Tony Awards…
Compete.com released their monthly unique visitor numbers today and Gawker had another strong month, staying ahead of old-line (and much larger) outfits like ABCNews.com and NYMag.com.
