Over at The Imaginary Zebra, a couple guys came up with an idea that would reduce road rage.  They made SORRY and THANKS lights and mounted them in the back of a car.  They took pictures of the entire development process, as well as, pics of the end result.  Link



Their project actually reminded me of another guy's attempt at reducing (or increasing, depending on how you look at it) road rage.  A former co-worker of mine was telling me about her friend who customized a roman shade/curtain to fit to the back windshield of his car.  Whenever a driver tailgated him, he would pull on a string placed conveniently next to his driver's seat and drop the roman shade which displayed the words "BACK OFF!"  I'm guessing he got rear-ended a few times.  What do you think?

Apparently, this is the first question on a Dutch marriage... oh sorry...  driving test.  Link.

I'd be curious to know what percentage of men answered 'yes' and what percentage of women answered 'no'.  How would you answer?  Share it in the comments.

We are flying by the seat of our pants... My little family is going on a road trip out east and our plan is to end up in Vermont. We don't know how long it's going to take us because this will be Zach's first road trip so, who knows, we may just end up at the end of our block. If all goes well, we will be driving to the Canadian-side of the Niagra Falls and spending some time there and then heading over to Vermont to visit a friend.

I don't know what my connectivity will be like while we are gone, but I will definitely post some notes from the road if I can.  I hear the cornfields of Iowa are beautiful this time of year.

Previously:
We're heading to Maker Faire, San Francisco
Vacationing in the Philippines

Those semi-trucks sure do take wide right turns.  All trucks have different signage informing cars to watch out and not to be trapped on the right of trucks while they turn.  You can check out wide right turn signage galleries here and here.

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I was talking with some friends of mine yesterday about how Minneapolis has just set up a number of automated systems that send tickets to red light runners. Don't get me wrong, I really would like to see people get nailed for running lights, but the automated, big-brother system really freaks me out.

There is so much circumstantial information that is missed by a mere photograph. To not have a human involved to make a judgement call is a real step in the wrong direction. A lot of information is stripped away from the event when an automatic ticket is served.

What's really awesome is when new technologies are used to actually assist justice, not simply increase the number of ticketable offences.

In this story, Google Maps and a spur of the moment WiFi connection successfully assisted a defendant charged with running a red light in NY. He was able to prove to the judge that the officer had mistaken the facts and the violation was dismissed.

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