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Re: Funny! 1970s American cars - damning review: Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC autos

2008-10-19T16:33:18Z

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Two Bikes Crash at Intersection

2008-12-01T20:49:23Z

One of the best bike crashes ever!!

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Authors@Google: Tom Vanderbilt

2008-11-01T03:31:55Z

Tom Vanderbilt visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)." This event took place on August 14, 2008, as part of the Authors@Google series.

Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe, Traffic gets under the hood of the everyday activity of driving to uncover the surprisingly complex web of physical, psychological, and technical factors that explain how traffic works, why we drive the way we do, and what our driving says about us. Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are.

He demonstrates why plans to protect pedestrians from cars often lead to more accidents. He shows how roundabouts, which can feel dangerous and chaotic, actually make roads safer—and reduce traffic in the bargain. He uncovers who is more likely to honk at whom, and why. He explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our quest for safety, and even identifies the most common mistake drivers make in parking lots.

Tom Vanderbilt writes about design, technology, science, and culture for Wired, Slate, The New York Times, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn and drives a 2001 Volvo V40.

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Countdown of Excuses - So why don't you drive?

2008-05-09T22:37:11Z

I have had family over from my country of origin this past week, and it has been a nightmare. Besides the fact that we are so 'out-of-touch' and I am certainly not free to 'entertain' people, I really dislike their prying questions. The one I faced this morning really while I was getting ready for work was: "You should learn to drive. Then next time we are here, you can take us around." WHAT? NEXT TIME you are here??? Did you just invite yourself over at my expense? I bit my tongue and just said hurriedly that I don't have the time. What I really meant was that 1. I don't have the time to learn how to drive and 2. even if I did, I would have no time to take anyone sight-seeing.

But the little insight into my morning shows the excuses we have to make in our daily life about minuscle things such as driving a car. And I am someone who identifies as an avid cyclist with too many horror stories of vehicles trying to drive me off the road so any mention of 'driving' makes me angry for not only the fact that I cannot drive or get a license. Having to depend on other family members or your girlfriends to drive you around is so tedious and being the independent type, I take my bicycle everywhere. Besides, it is good for the environment, inexpensive, good exercise and more flexible in traffic. And a car is expensive and requires much more maintenance and fees, not to mention the ever-increasing costs of gasoline.

Are those enough excuses? What excuses do you give?

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

2008-12-01T20:38:49Z

http://www.LeadingToWar.com/mechanism_war_manfacture.php#fear_stories
This video comes from LeadingToWar.com, a website that provides a well-documented examination of the Bush administration's pre-war claims.

See more clips like this -- and watch the U.S. government's blueprint for war unfold, as told by the architects themselves.

Even if you watched the news at the time, you'll be surprised.

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Small is big at NY auto show

2008-10-24T21:29:41Z

Mar. 20 - Small is big and green is the scene at the New York International Auto Show. The show unveiled everything from a flying auto to a smashed up car, but small, environmentally-friendly vehicles took the spotlight.
Fred Katayama reports.

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