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The Dixie Cop: 600 Miles of Yard Sales with my Six Year Old

Pam Bristow | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Driving, Alabama, Vintage Shopping, Kids, Tennessee, 127 Sale, Ohio, Yard Sales, Kentucky, Travel, Road Trip, Family Vacations, Antiques, Vacations, Living News

We realized that a simple drive across a simple place, rummaging through junk with someone you love is just as good (if not better) than a week at any of the five star resorts.

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New Game Measures Ability To Multitask

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Texting While Driving, Driving Safety, Driving, Unitasking, Multitasking, Texting, Unitask, Multitask, Living News

Studies consistently show that when we try to multitask while driving, whether it's eating, changing the radio or text messaging, we put ourselves and...

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Alex And Jason Have Questions For The News: Texting While Driving

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins and Alex Leo | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Driving, Video, Cnn, Media Criticism, Texting, Driving While Texting, Media News

At issue today is a report on AC: 360 that sought to totally expose how dangerous it was to send text messages to your friends while driving a car. Now, one would think that this is a pretty simple issue to discuss.

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Texting While Driving MORE DANGEROUS Than Talking On Cell Phone

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home

Read More: Texting, Driving, Texting While Driving, Home News

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

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Fear of A Double Dip Recession

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Driving, Pattern Language, Cars, Integral Thinking, Obama Economy, Metrosprawl, Oil Economy, Recession, Permaculture, Christopher Alexander, Density, Oil, Communities, Double Dip Recession, Diabetes, Cities, Business News

The enemies remain the car, the superhighway, the notion of endless oil and the willingness to grit teeth and accept the constraints of what passes for life in metrosprawl.

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Lawmakers To Propose Ban On Driving While Texting

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texting While Driving, Driving, Texting Ban, Texting, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

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Getting The Finger From A Family-Filled Station Wagon

Rufus Lusk | Posted 08.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Tourism, Driving, New York, Upstate New York, New York News

Finally a beautiful morning and we were driving upstate feeling relaxed. NYC had been humid, the air white-filtered, phlegmatic. Buildings lost detail...

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Traffic Violations, Including Speeding, Running Red Lights, Ignored By NYPD: Advocacy Group

New York Post | Tom Namako, David Seifman and Jamie Schram | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Drivers, New York Driving, New York Traffic, New York Traffic Study, Driving, Driving Study, New York, Traffic Report, New York Cops, New York Police, Driving Report, New York Police Department, Traffic Study, New York News

When it comes to driving, the city's streets might as well be the Wild West, where lawlessness abounds, sheriffs look the other way -- and people die ...

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Beep Beep, Yeah! What Politicos Drive

Politico | Anne Schroeder Mullins | Posted 08.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Driving, Automobiles, Hybrids, Politicians, Cars, Drive, Style News

Several weeks ago, Republican image consultant Brian Kirwin received a curious request from a state elected official. The official had always wanted t...

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Kindergarten Cop: Let Your Kids Catch You Breaking the Law

Patrick Boyle | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Girls, Traffic, Driving, Dad, Dads, Children, Kids, Daughters, Cars, Fatherhood, Parenting, Mothers, Fathers, Parents, Living News

Our 6-year-old is enforcing the law from her booster seat again. Who got the bright idea to build Jaycie's literacy skills by encouraging her to read road signs?

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New York Drivers Are Most Aggressive In The US

Yahoo! News | Patricia Reaney | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Agression, Unhappiness, Anger, Driving, Mental Health, Personal Health, Road Rage, Living News

New York has overtaken Miami to be voted the U.S. city with the angriest and most aggressive drivers, according to a survey on road rage released on T...

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Crash Course

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Cars, Humor, Italian, GPS Devices, Traffic Accidents, Driving, Car Accidents, Car-Repair, Living News

If my wife and I wanted to have an impact on the people around us, we would teach a crash course in driver's education.

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Village Green: Dramatic New Maps Show the Geography of US Carbon Emissions

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Metropolitan Regions, Driving, Carbon Emissions, Smart Growth, Global Warming, Transportation, Green News

The maps demonstrate vividly that, although emissions on a per-acre basis are greatest in highly urban areas, it is in the suburbs and outlying areas where we pollute the most on a per-household basis.

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The Driving Force of Fear

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Car Safety, Driving, Terrorism, Fear Factor, Living News

Your chances of dying in a car wreck this year are much higher than the likelihood of being killed by an Al-Qaeda agent.

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Does Friendship Trump Technology?

Karen Leland | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Google, Friendship, Directions, Driving, Google Map, Technology, Living News

My morning started out well enough, until the doorbell rang. It was the contractor there to discuss the driveway. This would be the same driveway his ...

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How California is Leading the Charge on Electric Cars

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Driving Sa We Know It, Auto Industry, Andrea-Chalupa, All's Beautiful in CA, California Is the Greatest Place in the World, Driving, Wallet Pop, California, Tesla Motors, Carbon Caps, Leonardo Dicaprio, Electric Cars, WalletPop.Com, Walletpop, E-Vehicles, How California Is Leading the Charge on Electric Cars, Andrea Chalupa, Green News

The only thing I don't miss about living in California is having to drive. Driving creates all kinds of problems for our environment and profits for ...

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Try Catching a Few ZZZ's to Stop Catching Colds

Anne Dunev | Posted 04.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Driving, Sleeplessness, Cold Remedies, Mothers, Illness, Traffic Accidents, Kgb, Carnegie Mellon, How to Sleep Better, Alcohol, Romans-Empire, Sleeping, Science of Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Russia KGB, Torture, Sleep, Living News

Getting less than seven hours of sleep each night can make you three times more likely to catch a cold. And if you sleep restlessly, that makes you five times more susceptible.

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Driving in Italy: Skills, Creativity and a Little Too Much Testosterone

Marta Mondelli | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Aggressive Driver, Italian Highways, Cars, Italy, Driving, French Highways, Testosterone, Napoli, World News

Driving in Italy requires, first and foremost, love for the journey and for your car.

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Saudi Princess Says She's Ready To Drive

Daily Mail | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

Read More: Saudi Prince Alwaleed, Driving, Saudi Princess, Ban on Women Drivers, Amira Al-Taweel, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Saudi Women Driving, Saudi Ban on Women Drivers, Alwaleed Bin Talal, Princess Amira Al-Taweel, Prinses Amira Al-Taweel, Princess Amira Al Taweel, Saudi Princess Amira Al-Taweel, Princess Amira Al-Taweel,, Princess Amira Al-Waleed, Amira Taweel, Princess Amira Al-Taweel Pics, Princess Amira Saudi Arabia, Richest Men, Princess Amira Al-Taweel Wiki, World News

The wife of one of Saudi Arabia's richest men says she is ready to get behind the wheel as soon as the ban on women drivers is lifted. Princess Amira...

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Tax the Guzzler, Not the Gas

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Gas, Tax, Recession, Taxes, Driving, Poverty, Public Transportation, Poor, Politics News

Taxing gas is like taxing food -- it's purely regressive, hitting the poorest hardest for what is -- in most of the country where there is no public transportation -- a necessity of life.

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Another Reason Not To Drive: Hacked Road Signs Warn Of Zombies

foxnews.com | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Austin, Driving, Texas, Zombies, Road Signs Hacked, Green News

Transportation officials in Texas are scrambling to prevent hackers from changing messages on digital road signs after one sign in Austin was altered ...

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Easy Ways to Get More from Your Car

Trevor Traina | Posted 02.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Cars, Auto, Driving, Car Maintenance, Vehicles, Car Care, Oil Changes, Tips, Mechanics, Fluids, Business News

Where are your old documents? The glove compartment? The basement? Keep them in one place. Make a binder or store them online. A car or truck with a full history has greater resale value.

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Sigh. Recalculating....Where I'm Going In 2009

Ellyn Spragins | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Driving, Travel, Financial Woes, Rhode Island, 2009, Stress, GPS Navigation Software, Hotels, GPS Navigation, Money Woes, GPS Devices, Recession Fears, Rental Cars, Financial Crisis, Gps, Getting Lost, Style News

Te world's financial meltdown has thrown me, like everyone, into Sigh-Recalculating mode. Our plan to retire in X years? Sigh. Recalculating.

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Beijing Will Give Drivers Money To Give Up Polluting Cars

Treehugger | Alex Pasternack | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Driving, Environmental Policy, China Air Quality, Green News, Beijing, Environment, China, China Economy, Green Policy, China Pollution, Green News

Beijing is so desperate to get high-polluting cars off the roads, the city has devised a scheme that will pay citizens as much as $3600 to give up he...

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Road Safety Advice For The Holiday Season

Robert Jay Stahl | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Driving in the Rain, Good Driver, Icy Roads, Driving, Holiday Season, Following Distance, Good Driving, Bad Weather, Cars, Bad Driving, Safe Driver, Inclement Weather, Safe Driving, Living News