Police: “Do you think an intoxicated person can think clearly enough to execute a legal turn?”
In North Dakota, police give you a chance to turn around before a sobriety checkpoint
The problem: a traffic light on Key Highway in South Baltimore appears to serve no purpose.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted Sunday that her government would not try to introduce a speed limit on the nation’s freeways, despite a proposal from her coalition’s junior party.
Merkel insists Germany’s autobahn remain free of speed limit
Members of one of Germany’s governing parties on Saturday backed a proposal to introduce a speed limit on highways, a measure that would revoke a cherished freedom in this rule-bound country and was likely to be met with resistance.
A New Hampshire lawmaker wants the Legislature to send drivers a clear message: stop sending text messages while driving!
Germany’s speed limit-free Autobahn may fall victim to fears of global warming after the Social Democrats unexpectedly voted on Saturday in favour of introducing a top speed of 130 kph (80 mph).
A California teenager is contesting a speeding ticket which claims he was doing 62mph in a 45mph zone, since a GPS system fitted to his Toyota Celica appears to show he was actually within the limit.
The British Department of Transportation believes that “active traffic management” - in which the speed limit varies according to the conditions - will be a cheaper way of accommodating rising traffic levels than widening motorways. Unfortunately, they are lowering the speed limit to 40mph, despite that a government survey showed that over half of drivers exceeded the 70mph speed limit.
As many as 10 vehicles drove around barriers and onto freshly poured concrete on a busy thoroughfare during rush hour. Two got stuck, Mequon police said Thursday. “Once someone goes around the barricade and busts through the tape, others follow,” Sgt. Tony Restivo said.
A woman let her teenage daughter lean out of a moving van to take beer from a vehicle that was driving alongside on a southeastern Nebraska highway, authorities said Wednesday.
