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The article presents several unbelievable stories. The "Los Angeles Times" contends that the convoluted electrical systems in automobiles contain about 70 small computers. Pizza deliveryman Thomas Stefanelli managed to deliver pizza to his customer despite being mugged and injured. Rewards to good drivers in Szabolsc-Szatmar-Bereg are unique. Significantly, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis estimates that 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries a year are caused by drivers using cellphones. A case of robbery perpetrated by parents at the Dutch homeowner's residence.

The article present global developments in the automobile industry. Researchers from Bristol University in Great Britain has found that birds prefer to deposit their dropping on white cars. Bespectacled motorists are required to carry a pair of backup glasses when driving in Spain. In China, people renting cars are required to acquire a Chinese driver's license. At Swiss traffic lights, the first two cars must turn off their engines. A new meter will sense car departures in Pacific Grove, California.

Deports development involving the automobile industry and trade in the U.S. as of October 4, 2005. Launch of an automobile painting exhibition by Wm. A. Motta at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California; Issuance of an ordinance that would place controls on how citizens could open and close their garage doors.

Discusses various issues related to automobile industry. Danger of utilizing fire appliances in an inappropriate manner; Details on the offense of a motorist while driving in Romania; Failure of a bill for sport utility vehicle to pass Maryland's state legislation.

Reports developments related to the automobile industry. Creation of the Duckwatch, an alarm device for groggy motorists, by an Argentine inventor; Discovery of peanuts in the air filter compartment of the Rover 45; Recommendation of an increase in street-sign lettering to assist motorist by the Federal Highway Administration.

Presents several automobile-related developments. Features of the SYNus concept car developed by Ford Motor Co.; Highlights of the police chase of reckless-driving old woman; Details of an automobile accident in Switzerland.

Reports updates and events concerning the automobile industry worldwide. Introduction of a new bill restricting the use of spinners in Iowa; Anomalies in car theft in Canada; Citation of accident-procedure pointers from the U.S. National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Presents supplementary information on automobile-related topics in the U.S. Identification of the 1983 Chevrolet Citation as the potential winner in the Ugliest Car in America contest; Classification of horse as a vehicle in a Kentucky law; Reaction of the local residents in Belmont Heights, California on a man who chooses hearse as his transportation.

Reports and comments on several issues concerning automobiles and driving in 2005. Car garages; Car purchasing; Traffic laws.

Reports that David Page, who had been digging in Coltishall, England, had unearthed a spare part for a Citroen.

Reports on the experience of a woman in the air terminal in Boise, Idaho.

Reports on developments concerning people, places and things concerning the automobile industry as of December 2004. Defense of a man was who fined by the Whangarei District Court in New Zealand for overspeeding; Objections of the church and the national motoring associations against Croatian regulations that would drop permissible blood-alcohol levels to zero; Lamborghini's donation of a two-seater Gallardo to highway patrol officers in southern Italy.

Reports on developments in the automobile industry sourced from leading periodicals in the U.S. and Great Britain. Report on a parking meter-feeder in Miami, Florida by the "Sun Sentinel"; Arrest of singer Rod Stewart's gardener for charges of grand auto theft in Great Britain according to "Sun"; News item from Great Britain's "Independent" saying that the Astucia firm has invented a tiny recording camera so small it can be embedded in the road surface.

Reports that British car insurer Churchill established a direct, three-way correlation among car colors, the personalities of those who choose them and automotive safety.

Focuses on a "New York Times" article reporting that the first traffic accident in North America took place in New York City on September 13, 1899, when an electric runabout struck a man who had just stepped off a trolley.

Presents news briefs relating to automobiles and automobile driving, compiled as of June 2004. Inclusion of the Sultan of Brunei's purchase of a number of Phantom limousines at the Rolls-Royce Goodwood factory; Hewlett-Packard's hiring of California artist James-Paul Brown to do a series of paintings for the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix; Portion of the radio spectrum being set aside by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for an in-car communication system.

Highlights various comical real-life events worldwide. Extent of traffic congestion caused by a wandering elephant in Brazil; Attribution of a truck driver's erratic driving to his delivering a load of onions in San Diego, California; Intention of a European safety plan to refocus automotive crash protection on shielding pedestrians rather than safeguarding vehicle occupants.

Reports on global developments related to the automobile industry and trade as of March 2004. Charges against a New York police pretender who pulled a car over on Palisades Interstate Parkway owned by a highly irritated State Trooper; Damage to the hair and car of a stylist who was operating a gas pump in Georgia that astonishingly burst into flames; Plan of the French government to install 200 bulletproof automatic radar sets along French roads and autoroutes.

Reports on the unusual freeway sightings of the "Los Angeles Times" in Los Angeles, California. Speed of an automobile driver while watching a soccer game on a portable television; Manipulation of an E-mail device and cellular telephone by a driver; Application of a makeup using the rearview mirror while driving.

Reports on the traffic offenses of an automobile driver in Reno, Nevada.

Reports on the porcine roundup by the Oklahoma State Troopers and Fire Department due to a traffic accident on Interstate 40.

Reports on the outcry of animal activists and highway authorities for the paint placed on the dead body of a badger in Somerset, England.

Reports on the ceremony for the change of the name of Route 666 to Route 491 in Shiprock, New Mexico.

Reports on the complaint filed by a resident about a dog-grooming truck in Mission Viejo, California.

Reports on the use of fake policemen to control automobile driver in the town of Baile Herculane, Romania. Benefits of the policemen for the people; Move made by the mayor to control drivers; Total fake policemen used by the mayor.

Reports developments in the automobile industry as of January 2004. Venue of various motor racing in England; Description of the Volkswagen Polo automobile; Exhibition of the "Cat & Fiddle" painting by Ken Dallison in England.

Presents news briefs concerning cars and car racing as of December 2003. Illustration of Newton's Law of Motion; Results of power survey of new-car owners; Driving classes for Afghan women.

Presents various items of interest to automobile enthusiasts as of November 2003. Cross-country drive aboard a bud converted to run on used vegetable oil by graduate students from Middlebury College at Vermont; Psychiatric examinations programmed by the Traffic Ministry in Lagos, Nigeria for rule-violating drivers; Action taken by a driver in Edinburg, Scotland who was disgruntled over double yellow lines that prevented parking near his home.

Discusses issues related to automobiles compiled as of October 2003. Traffic accident involving 26 drivers in Stoke Lacy, England; Clinker produced by per-car congestion in London, England.

Reports on news items concerning automobiles as of September 2003. Singaporean wife's destruction of 18 cars in their dealership to express her wrath against her wayward husband; Arrest of rustlers by Italian police who saw a pony's head poking out of the rear window of their Fiat wagon; Tax collection procedure in Berlin, Germany.

Presents articles relating to automobiles and automobile drivers as of August 2003. Inclusion of a woman in Rovereto, Italy, who defaced several Alfa Romeo automobiles, after she was jilted by her lover, who also drove an Alfa Romeo; Sheffield, England resident Graham Crossley's offer to shine Rolls-Royce automobiles for free.

Reports global developments related to the automobile industry as of June 2003. Apprehension of a Belgian doctor for traffic violations; Details of the license plates in Indiana; Installation of driver-massage services at gas stations in Thailand.

Reports developments related to the automobile industry as of May 2003. Passage of an ordinance barring limousines from parking on residential streets in Beverly Hills; Details of a robbery in a Toronto movie theater; Demand for bicycles.

Reports developments related to the automobile industry as of April 2003. Celebration of the 75th anniversary of the omnipresent traffic light; Collision between a container vessel and a Norwegian automobile-transporter ship; Number of parking-resolution officers in California.

Reports global developments in the automobile industry as of March 2003. Development of a automobile sensor by Siemens Biometrics; Penalty imposed on drunken drivers in Australia; Documentation of a driver playing the guitar in San Diego, California.

Reports global developments in the automobile industry as of February 2003. Campaign of police on ensuring the wearing of seatbelts among motorist in Ontario; Recommendation on relieving strain from traffic stress; Selection of John Jostins to design the fuel-cell-driven automobile.

Presents news briefs relating to automobile driving and automobile drivers as of January 2003. Inclusion of a description of driver's tests in France; Ways in which U.S. communities are preventing overspeeding on residential streets; Obituary for Nils Bohlin, the Swedish inventor of the three-point seatbelt.

Presents news briefs relating to automobile driving and drivers as of October 2002. Inclusion of a strategy of an unemployed man in Turin, Italy to use his car to commit fraud; Development of a device in Camarillo, California which records every detail of a driver's trip and driving style.

Focuses on issues regarding automobiles. Comments by racer Mario Andretti against driving conduct of Americans; History of the Dunlop Rubber Company; Comparison of road hazard reactions between drunk driving and cell phone use.

Reports several developments concerning the automobile industry as of August 2002. Survey conducted by Hagerty Classic Insurance on the ten most dangerous foods to eat while driving; Details on the mistle trush nesting on a traffic light in Manchester, England; Research of the Progressive Auto Insurance on the relationship between men and their car.

Focuses on issues concerning automobiles and driving. Enthusiasm for drive-in theaters among young South Korean adults; Attempts by an Australian financial services in sorting out car-accident drivers according to horoscopes; Proposals by the British transportation ministry in the installation of satellite signaling device to cars in England.

Reports several developments concerning the automobile industry as of June 2002 in the U.S. Details on the winner of the XK8 Jaguar of the Royal Mail draw; Coverage of the German automobile legislation; Comments of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on teen-age girl drivers.

Reports developments in the automobile industry as of May 2002. Status of the trial for a driver charged of driving with the lights off on the wrong side of the road in New Zealand; Condition of the highway bypass construction in Great Britain; Punishment given to a helicopter crew for interrupting the night patrol of 'North Shore News' newspaper in New Mexico.

Reports developments in the automobile industries. Features of the Armored Cadillac DeVille; Information on the purchase of 75 dual-fuel trash trucks; Discussions of the pedestrian rules.

Reports development related to people and cars. Prevalence of obesity in children; Installation of surveillance cameras to monitor offenses and accidents; Authorization of speed limits for doctors during emergencies.

Presents news briefs relating to automobiles, automobile driving and automobile drivers as of February 2002. Inclusion of the earnings of Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone; In-car distractions that caused traffic accidents in the United States; Charges against an old lady in Caldicot, Wales for defacing cars with obscene messages. INSET: Corvette Funfest Sponsors Anniversary Stamp and Supports....

Presents updates on automobiles around the world as of January 2002. Details of the photo exhibit by Bavarian Motor Works; Information on the story of a male prisoner by the 'Los Angeles Times'; Construction of a ferrari made of pastry by bakers in Italy in recognition of Michael Schumacher championship.

Reports on developments in the automobile industry as of December 2001. Use of sound waves to aid the survival of automobile crash victims by stopping internal bleeding; Increase in the failure rates among first-time driving-test applicants in California since 1987; Graphic attempt to dissipate road rage near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reports global developments related to the automobile industry as of November 2001. Survey of street intersections by the State Farm Insurance in the United States; Operation of the 1914 Model T automobile by Ford; Car traffic in Bangkok, Thailand and England.

Reports global developments related to automobile industry and trade. Accounts on the sale of the classic-car collections of Elton John; Effects of the climatic changes on the roads in Iceland; Safety concerns over the luxury wagons in San Francisco.