More Big Brother! New York State recently authorized the City of New York to install cameras along bus lanes to catch violators. Signs will be posted where bus lane cameras are in…
An upstate New York driver, Duane Bush, REALLY wanted a beer. He was so longing for a six-pack that he drove 11 miles with only 3 tires. Another motorist called the police…
Suffolk County has followed Nassau County’s lead and installed numerous red light cameras. These tickets are $50 each but do not carry points or negative insurance consequences. (more…)
Starting tonight at midnight (Tuesday, October 26, 2010), New York City will be strictly enforcing the cell phone law for 24 hours. Drivers who don’t use a hands-free device face a…
Eugene (Gino) DiSimone, a Nevada gubernatorial candidate, believes that vehicles which pass a safety inspection should be allowed to drive up to 90 mph. The catch is that motorists would…
New York state’s highest court recently ruled in two separate cases that police may use drug-detecting dogs to sniff a car stopped for a routine traffic ticket. The court was sharply…
A test given by GMAC Insurance on the rules of the road puts New Yorkers at the end of the pack. The national average for this test was 76.2% while New…
A trucker from Kitchener, Ontario, came up with a novel way to cure his achey tooth. He tied a string around it and attached the other end to the roof of…
Earlier this year, I wrote a post entitled “Why I Didn’t Jump Off The Lighthouse“. The premise of this piece was that I was too complacent and needed to challenge myself…
Vancouver, Canada, is experimenting with a unique speed bump that creates an optical illusion that there is a child chasing a ball in the road. It was installed near an…