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VDOT is advising that drivers should avoid Route 29 and Linton Hall Road in Gainesville, Virginia January 7 and 8, 2012 to avoid significant traffic delays during construction. According to VDOT’s press release: From 7 a.m. Saturday until noon Sunday, only one of two lanes in each direction will be open on Route 29 between [...]
December 16, 2011 through January 2, 2012 is the “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.” national crackdown to reduce the number of drunk drivers on the roads during the Holidays. With office parties and other holiday events in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities for drivers to have too much to drink before [...]
Although the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has no authority to impose a federal mandate to prohibit the use of cell phones while driving, they are pushing states without such laws to start seriously thinking about this safety issue. The NTSB is supporting their position due to the nearly 3,000 lives lost in 2010 alone [...]
After Consumer Reports evaluated the newly redesigned 2012 Honda Civic LX, it scored too low for them to recommend it and in fact was described as a disappointment. The long time highly rated king of the small sedan has fallen from its thrown as it was previously a top pick six times. Consumer Reports found [...]
With texting and driving bans enacted in many states nationwide, how is installing a Facebook application in a car not distracted driving? General Motor Co.’s OnStar, a system designed to provide accident alerts and diagnostics, is scheduled to release a system upgrade to rival Ford’s Sync. Ford upped the ante last year when they released [...]
It’s easier to just avoid speeding, but it’s always nice to know where you’re going to pass through a speed trap, area where speed limits change drastically, or red light camera. Trapster.com is a web-based application that can help you do all those things—it can be especially handy for travel. This user-generated map shows speed [...]
Georgia attorney Regina Quick had a novel idea while defending her clients charged with running red lights—she subpoenaed the traffic cameras that documented the incident. While the cameras never made it into the courtroom, Jim Davis, assistant count attorney, said that Quick should have subpoenaed county officials to produce the cameras, in order to make [...]
At around 3:45 this morning, a woman fell asleep at the wheel, crossed over the median and struck a pole on Fairfax County Parkway near Sydenstricker. While the driver wasn’t seriously hurt, an overhead sign fell. Southbound Fairfax County Parkway past Hooes Road could be shut down for the rest of the day. While falling [...]
You can pay for your reckless driving ticket, but it’s a far cry from the check you’d right for a speeding ticket. In Virginia, reckless driving is a criminal charge. This means that it carries pretty stiff penalties—even if it is your first offense and you have a clean driving record, you could be looking [...]
It was kind of inevitable. Both Apple geeks and car geeks love mixing technologies. Doug Bernards of SoundMan Car Audio in California just happened to be the first to install the new iPad into the dashboard of a car. Is it potentially illegal to mount this into the dash of a car? The iPad doesn’t [...]
