Check out this road sign practice test from dmv.org. 

After a bit of searching I found this article and am now about to buy some new shoes for the Suburban.  This question is more important than it seems.  Once I really thought I had enough tread on my tires, and when it blew out with all of the kids in the car, I began to be very careful.  

I live in Texas, so every time the temperature nears 40 degrees and below and there is a hint of precipitation in the air, the news channels are ablaze with Winter Storm 2010 features, as if the sky were falling.  Reporters are on site at major intersections to talk about, not traffic accidents, but the possibility of traffic accidents due to bad weather.  As ridiculous as this is, there is some warrant for it, for there is nobody more ignorant than a Texan driving in winter weather.  Take a leisurely drive down any major road or highway during and after a snow storm and you will see the freeway littered with abandoned vehicles who got carried away like Lenny from Of Mice and Men wanting to tend the rabbits but accidentally breaking their necks. Texas drivers, due to the crazy white stuff on the ground seem to forget that reality still exists, and drive as if the roads were normal.  Now I know it might seem strange to you on many levels for me to post Winter Weather Driving Tips from a Dallas Lawyer, but bear with me, the article is worth reading.  

What's going on here?  Are these cars possessed by demons?  According to the New York Times, "Federal regulators said Wednesday that they had received 10 reports of Toyota vehicles accelerating unexpectedly after they were repaired at dealerships." It seems that Toyota has an even longer road ahead of them if reports like these keep coming out.  See the full article here.

If you are wondering if your Toyota vehicle is listed under all the new recalls try the Toyota recall finder tool.  It uses your VIN to do an official lookup.  Also check out the official statement from the COO of Toyota USA.

If you are a high profile target, be it drug dealer, politician, seedy owner of a strip club, bar, check cashing joint, coin operated car wash, or laundromat (or all of the above), CIA agent, CIA agent supporting a revolutionary upstart, deposed leader in (insert war torn country), simply have the stones to think you need protection from bullets, or if you live in Texas and are a democrat, then you might be interested in these websites that sell Armored vehicles. 

Interestingly enough, I didn't see options for machine gun mounting.  I guess the best offense is a good defense...but still...no machine guns? 

http://www.armoredcars.com/

http://www.alpineco.com/

http://www.armormax.com/

http://www.customarmoring.com/

http://www.execarmor.com/

I don't know about you, but I have the most difficult time installing car seats.  I can never get my meat hooks to negotiate the little holes that the straps have to go through.  This video, while not making my hands any smaller, is helpful in simplifying things, especially for new parents. 

Of course no one ever expects to get into a car accident.  In the event that you do, here is a good list of how it will all go down, and how you can prepare.  

In a day where color is not supposed to make a difference, that apparently is not the case when it comes to cars.  According to researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, "silver cars are 50 percent less likely to be involved in a crash resulting in a serious injury as compared to white cars."  Find out some more interesting research about car colors here. 

The Washington Post released an article entitled Car Seats Save Young Lives.  This may seem obvious, but such an article is important, not because we are unaware that car seats save young lives, but because of the fact that our children are so precious to us that we can never hear enough of this kind of thing.  It is good to be reminded.