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And the State With the Booziest Drivers Is...

...Wisconsin, followed closely by North Dakota

(Newser) - America's drivers are a boozy bunch: Some 30 million admitted to driving drunk within the last year and more than 10 million drove while high on drugs, according to a new report. But those numbers actually show progress, notes MSNBC . The survey of the years 2006 through 2009 found an...

1 in 5 Drivers Will Soon Be 65 or Older

Baby boomers will outlive their driving ability

(Newser) - As the baby boomer generation enters old age, the graying of America may be felt dramatically on the road. In 15 years, 1 in 5 drivers will be 65 or older, reports AP . The NTSB is already trying to gauge the impact that might have—though smart cars and smart...

Reporter Gets High, Drives With Cops (for Science)

Ahead of Prop. 19, writer explores driving stoned

(Newser) - While out on a marijuana driving test supervised by the LAPD, Steve Lopez and his companions speculate that "probably nowhere in America is what we're doing today occurring." They're probably right. With Proposition 19 making legal marijuana a possibility, Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich asked Lopez to...

How Self-Driving Cars Could Change Everything
How Self-Driving Cars
Could Change Everything
OPINION roundup
Oct 13, 2010 12:03 PM CDT

How Self-Driving Cars Could Change Everything

For starters, a Netflix model on ownership

(Newser) - Google's big idea to put self-driving cars on the road someday could be a game-changer. Three quick opinions:
  • Netflix for autos? "Cars that don't need drivers also may not need private owners—since they could be summoned remotely and returned once their journey is complete," writes Doron Levin
...

4-Year-Old Driver Runs Over, Kills Newborn

Mother hospitalized near Forth Worth

(Newser) - An attempt to avert a tragedy ends with one: After spotting a preschooler get behind the wheel of a van, start it, and put it in gear, a woman ran outside to stop the car—while holding her newborn in her arms. The 4-year-old driver ran over the mother and...

NYC Spending $27.5M on ... New Street Sign Font

Upper- and lower-case letters are apparently more readable

(Newser) - New York City is spending a whopping $27.5 million on ... wait for it ... a new street font. Its 250,000 signs will be replaced at $110 a pop within the next eight years, changing MADISON AVE. to Madison Ave. The city is doing it because the feds are requiring...

And the City With America's Worst Drivers Is...

Buckle up if you live in Baltimore-DC area

(Newser) - Maybe they should call it the Seatbeltway: Drivers in the Washington, DC-Baltimore area are the country's worst, according to Allstate Insurance's annual report ranking cities with best and worst drivers. Washington was the worst, just edging out Baltimore. One pundit speaking to US News explained DC's last place ranking by...

Lost Men Waste $3K on Gas, Won't Ask for Directions

Stubborn males drive 276 extra miles per year: study

(Newser) - The price of stubborn pride: Men waste $3,000 in gas over their lifetimes because they won't ask for directions when lost, a study says. British researchers determined that men drive an average of 276 unnecessary miles per year trying to figure out their destination. A quarter of men said...

Feds: 17M Drive Drunk
 Feds: 17M Drive Drunk 
Aug 26, 2010 6:45 AM CDT

Feds: 17M Drive Drunk

Poll shows 8% admit they drive when they shouldn't

(Newser) - There are an uncomfortable number of drunk drivers out there, according to a new survey from the Department of Transportation. In the poll, 8% of respondents admitted to driving drunk—a number that, if representational, would equate to roughly 17 million Americans. And that’s just those willing to admit...

Driver Gets DWI After 11-Mile Ride Sans Tire

Oh, and he's been unlicensed since 1977. And couldn't keep right

(Newser) - So your blood-alcohol content is 3.5 times the limit and you haven't had a driver's license in 33 years—let's go for a drive! And so a tire falls off—let's keep going 11 miles without it! Western New Yorker Duane Bush is charged with doing just that, along...

Smoking Pot Doesn't Affect the Way You Drive
Smoking Pot Doesn't Affect
the Way You Drive
in case you missed it
Jun 6, 2010 4:02 PM CDT

Smoking Pot Doesn't Affect the Way You Drive

Study finds that, if anything, it makes you slow down sooner

(Newser) - No word yet on operating heavy machinery, but it turns out that smoking pot doesn't impair one's ability to drive, according to a new study. Its 85 participants used a driving simulator 30 minutes before and after smoking either a joint or a placebo. Researchers found no difference in driving...

1 in 7 Get Frisky Behind the Wheel
 1 in 7 Get Frisky 
 Behind the Wheel 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jun 5, 2010 6:44 AM CDT

1 in 7 Get Frisky Behind the Wheel

Survey finds new meaning for 'distracted driving'

(Newser) - When most people think of "distracted driving" they think of texting, talking, or eating food. But a survey on distracted driving has found that sex accounts for a good bit of it, too: About 1 in 7 admitted to having had sex or performing a sexual act while driving,...

Scientists Create Driver-Less Car

German prof envisions green future of autonomous taxis

(Newser) - German scientists are developing a self-driving car, working toward a vision of the future in which no one drives—or even owns—their vehicle. The Spirit of Berlin, the prototype of Raul Rojas' team, can already accelerate, turn, and brake on its own. Sensors in front of the vehicle can...

Teen Crashes on Driving Test —Into DMV Building

18-year-old suffers a bout of 'pedal confusion'

(Newser) - If you're going to fail, you might as well fail big: a California teen taking his driving test lost control of his car and crashed into the DMV office. Lucas Holliday had just begun his test when he rapidly accelerated, veered to the left, and crashed into a wall, the...

Why You Drive Like a Maniac
 Why You Drive Like a Maniac 
Apr 11, 2010 4:54 AM CDT

Why You Drive Like a Maniac

Maybe you play too many video games or just think you drive well

(Newser) - Cars should be safer than ever—we’ve got airbags, seatbelts, antilock brakes, and more—yet traffic deaths have remained steady. Why? Because most drivers are assholes, that’s why. Cracked decided there must be a scientific explanation for that, and found several:
  • Racing Video Games: A recent study shows
...

Study: Driving's Really Bad for Your Conversation Skills
Study: Driving's Really Bad for Your Conversation Skills
NO KIDDING DEPT.
Feb 16, 2010 9:30 PM CST

Study: Driving's Really Bad for Your Conversation Skills

It's harder to remember details when you're occupied

(Newser) - Verifying that what most think is obvious is indeed true, scientists say driving really kills your conversation and memory skills. A study found that those talking and driving were much worse at relaying details of the conversation, and at remembering details later. No harder than walking and chewing gum? Ha!...

Feds Ban Texting by Truck, Bus Drivers

Under rules, effective immediately, fines run as high as $2,750

(Newser) - Drivers of trucks and buses who text behind the wheel will be subject to thousands of dollars in fines, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced today. The federal prohibition, which takes effect immediately, applies only to commercial vehicles. But distracted driving is one of LaHood's top issues, CNN reports. "This...

Teens Cop to Texting and Driving—But Say Dad's Worse

No age limit for bad behavior behind wheel

(Newser) - One-third of 16- and 17-year-olds say they have written text messages while behind the wheel. Despite that, young drivers are actually more responsible than many adults: 48% of respondents aged 12 to 17 say they’ve been in the car with a driver who was texting. One boy said his...

950 Tries Later, Woman Passes Driving Test

Now all South Korean has to do is pass the physical test

(Newser) - A 68-year-old South Korean woman has finally been granted the chance to take her actual, physical driving test after completing the written exam—on her 950th try. Cha Sa-soon took the test and failed almost daily since April 2005 before recently squeaking through with the minimum score of 60%. At...

Bad Driving Is in the Genes
 Bad Driving Is in the Genes 
Oct 29, 2009 4:37 PM CDT

Bad Driving Is in the Genes

Study says 30% can't help being lousy on the roads

(Newser) - Certain people—perhaps up to 30% of the population—may be fated by their genetic makeup to be bad drivers, a new study suggests. Researchers tested a small group of people on a driving simulator and found that subjects with a particular gene variant weren't so hot at keeping up...

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