Results tagged “driving”

On Tuesday, we learned Forbes Magazine decided living in Boston is stressful. Bostonist had no idea. More bad news today, this time from those party-poopers at IBM: Driving in Boston is stressful. President Obama should put these guys to work on the deficit. Boston tied for fourth with Chicago with 47% of commuters stressed out from driving to work. For the Hub, that's a 10-point spike since last year. Part of the problem, according to the study, is Boston's 33-minute average one-way commute is tied with New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., for the longest in the country.

A man was crushed between two cars today in the Coolidge Corner Trader Joe's parking lot. Someone, presumably distracted by cheap granola and tofu, didn't pay enough attention to the trajectory of his or her minivan, and slammed the victim against a Ford Explorer (c'mon, folks, shouldn't we drive our hybrids to TJ's? you know, for appearances). Firefighters untangled the man from the vehicle. We have no details on the man's injuries, but hope that only cage-free eggs, and not anybody's legs, were broken in the incident.

Surprise, surprise. A survey done by GMAC declares that Massachusetts has some of the worst drivers in the nation.

The House voted 107-47 to ban the use of handheld gadgets while driving. Using a headset is OK, but anyone caught with a gadget in hand will be fined $100.

After a man texting behind the wheel struck and killed a Taunton teenager, some legislators would like to introduce a bill that bans texting while driving.