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

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

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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

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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

florida man Alaska woman steals patrol car in which her just-arrested husband is handcuffed Xeni Jardin