CARS AND DRIVING

IN CALIFORNIA IT IS LEGAL TO DRIVE A

MOTORCYCLE BETWEEN TWO LANES

(AND TWO CARS). KNOWN AS LANE-SPLITTING,

MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THIS

IS IN FACT LEGAL (53% AT LAST POLL)

INITIALLY, THE SOVIET UNION ALLOWED THE

GRAPES OF WRATH TO BE PLAYED IN THEATRES

BECAUSE IT DEPICTED HOW PEOPLE SUFFERED

UNDER CAPITALISM. IT WAS EVENTUALLY PULLED;

HOWEVER, BECAUSE AUDIENCES WERE AMAZED

AT HOW EVEN THE POOREST AMERICANS

COULD AFFORD A CAR

IN NORWAY THERE ARE VERY STRICT RULES ABOUT

ADVERTISING CARS AS BEING GREEN. THE OFFICIAL

POSITION IS THAT "GREEN" CARS CANNOT DO ANY

GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY JUST DO

LESS DAMAGE THAN OTHERS

IN SOUTH AFRICA IT IS LEGAL TO ATTACH

FLAMETHROWERS TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR CAR

IN ORDER TO WARD OFF CAR JACKERS

DURING THE 1978 FORMULA ONE, THERE WAS A

SO CALLED "FAN CAR" COMPETING. IT HAD FANS

ON THE UNDERSIDE THAT CREATED A VACUUM

AND SUCKED THE CAR TO THE ROAD. IT WAS

DISQUALIFIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER

THE COZY COUPE TOY CAR BY LITTLE TIKES WAS

NAMED THE "BESTSELLING CAR OF THE DECADE"

IN 1998. IT OUTSOLD BOTH THE HONDA ACCORD

AND THE FORD TAURUS

THE HONDA PRELUDE WAS THE FIRST MASS

PRODUCED CAR TO HAVE A MECHANICAL 4 WHEEL

STEERING SYSTEM. IN ITS FIRST YEAR IT EVEN BEAT

THE PORSCHE AND FERRARI CONTENDERS IN THE

SLALOM TEST

LINCOLN TOWN CARS ARE THE LAST US LUXURY

CAR TO USE BODY ON FRAME CONSTRUCTION

RATHER THAN A UNIBODY FRAME. THIS ALLOWS

FOR THE VEHICLE TO EASILY BE LENGTHENED

AND IS ALSO WHY ALMOST EVERY LIMOUSINE IS A

LINCOLN TOWN CAR