Driving

Driving in Pakistan: Can You Handle It?

Jeanette Khan | Posted 11.18.2008 | Style


Jeanette Khan

There are more motorcycles on the road than any other vehicle. Most people cover the gas tank with cloths to prevent getting burned from the heat of the tank.

Allstate: Can Brain Training Help Improve Driver Safety?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living


Alvaro Fernandez

Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent.

US Driving Dropped Off Sharply Again In July

Climate Progress | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green


July saw another sharp drop in vehicle miles traveled (aka VMT) according to the Federal Highway Administration's monthly report on "Traffic Volume Tr...

Technology To Prevent Roadkill Launched By Colorado

Treehugger | Andrew Posner | Posted 10.07.2008 | Green


We recently covered the top five roadkill sites in America, as well as a dire IUCN report stating that "25% of all the world's mammal species are at...

Study: Driving On Election Day Could Be Hazardous To Your Health

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home


Jacob Soboroff

Redelmeier compared the number of crashes, injuries and deaths on Election Day Tuesday to the Tuesdays before and after.

California Outlaws Text Messaging While Driving

AP | Posted 09.24.2008 | Home


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law making it illegal to read or send text messages while driving in California. T...

Changing Our Car Culture

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home


The van's highbeams were the only lights on the road outside of Gisenyi, Rwanda. We were packed in. About 20 people in the public van for a fare of ...

Suburbia's Dirty Little Secret

Lauren Cahn | Posted 08.26.2008 | Living


Lauren Cahn

We moms find ourselves racing out of meetings, tearing off our tennis outfits, throwing down the great American novel we were writing. Mom is gone. In her place: The Chauffeur.

My Favorite Olympic Moment

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 08.01.2008 | Living


Jeffrey Shaffer

As someone born with no sense of direction and no navigational skills, I was extremely gratified to know that even talented professionals sometimes have trouble finding their way around.

Lost and Found

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living


Jerry Zezima

Most women not only want us men to get lost most of the time, but it turns out most of us actually do -- which is why some women become so annoyed at our stubborn refusal to ask for directions.

Five (New) Rules for Driving Green

Starre Vartan | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green


Starre Vartan

For whatever reason, you can't quite give that fossil fuel fiend sitting in the garage up completely.

Up Your Consumer Confidence!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

After all the windbaggery, all the "news" offered by the desperate people who work in the media business, there is still every reason to have confidence. Wait until things get better; they always do.

Old? No, We're Just Older

Candy Spelling | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living


Candy Spelling

I had no worries when the Beatles wondered about life "when I'm 64," or when the Who sang they hoped to "die before I get old." We were never getting old.