Results tagged “driving”

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Now that texting while driving is on its way to being banned, there's a service that can help you report bad drivers, including texters... possibly by texting (or something similar)! CarPong is a service that allows you to post information about cars by license plate number, providing a way to alert assholes of their sucky driving, compliment nice rides, muse about your own vehicle, or fling insults. Over the weekend, this Bostonist was wishing for a way to alert a car owner of his/her vehicle's incessant car alarm; this might've been an apt method. The service currently seems to be based online rather than through text messaging, even featuring email instead of SMS alerts, but that doesn't mean folks won't access it through their cell phones, or that it won't have a texting component soon. So is this a good way to dis on bad drivers, or just another dangerous driving activity (not to mention a possible privacy threat for those wary about connecting license plate and personal data)? Time will tell if it catches on and develops more useful components. more ›

Motivated in part by the difficulty of navigating by street names in India, Google has added landmarks to Google Maps. Landmarks are used to point out both turns and distance, helping drivers gauge their progress. The feature is being launched in India, but given the famed difficulty of driving in Boston, it seems like we might be a good option to come next. What landmarks would you add to help newbies get around town? more ›

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. more ›

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. more ›

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

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. more ›

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. more ›