cars Your car's automated safety features are probably making driving less safe Thom Dunn

driving Ohio state senator caught driving during video Zoom meeting (and using a fake background) David Pescovitz

distracted driving Man gets $300 ticket for using phone while driving, but argues the phone was actually a McDonald's hash brown Carla Sinclair

future New Subaru repeatedly prevents its owner from the joy of distracted driving Jason Weisberger

art "Mad inventor" Tim Hunkin explains how electro-mechanical games are made Bob Knetzger

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footage Dashcam video captures Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer's brush with death Rob Beschizza

before cell phones In the age of distraction, is it still possible to cross a busy Paris street by looking forward and walking at a steady pace? Andrew Yi

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racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

bat country Frequent pot smokers perform better on distracted driving tests than occasional ones Jason Weisberger

tabloids Royal perverts and pedophiles in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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News Virginia bans cellphone use while driving, starts January 2021 Xeni Jardin

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cars Tesla Autopilot crash driver died "playing video game" Rob Beschizza

late stage capitalism The promise and peril of "sonification": giving feedback through sound Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

science fiction Fiction: The Boy Who Made Flowers S.B. Divya