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New York Official Host to America’s Worst Drivers

5/20/09 - Posted by Mara Siegler under US

A new study by insurance company GMAC has released the results of it’s annual poll examining which states drive like your legally blind grandmother. My own home residence of New York, breeding ground for foreign cabbies with a penchant for horn honking and the use of expletives, was ranked number one. Congrats!

NY Twitterers have been basking in the glory all morning. @weddingdude seemed pretty excited at being ranked the worst, offering kudos all around: “Excellent work everyone!” @lovelanewest does not want to share the honors though, stating: Coincidence? I got my driver’s license in ‘08, and now NY is ranked as having the worst drivers of any state.”

But of those being held responsible ‘Driver,’ is way ahead in the running. When interviewed by a NY1 reporter and asked what a red flashing light means, he/she stated, “Caution, slow down.” When told it actually means to put on the brakes, they merely responded, “You are? I do not stop.”

And that, my friends, is how it’s done! Also in the top five were New Jersey, New Jersey, Hawaii, California and Georgia, followed in the bottom five. Better luck next year suckas!

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop // Sex Hits the Highway

4/14/09 - Posted by Christopher Reinhard under International Affairs

If Fast & Furious producers had any trouble determining a premise for the series’ next flick, their prayers have been answered (and slapped with an R-rating). An ambitious couple was arrested in Oslo for apparently doing the dirty at a whopping 133km/h—sexing speeds that, until now, were pretty much relegated to Japanese bullet trains, passenger aircraft, and Jason Statham.

Superintendent Tor Stein Hagen (unrelated to our editor, Carmel Hagen, we think) suggested that he’d never witnessed something so illegal yet so provocative in all his years on the force. District police decided the most appropriate action was to revoke the driver’s license, mostly due to the fact that while performing the act of copulation, “He couldn’t see much [of the road] because her back was in the way.” On behalf of the male portion of OneRiot’s staff, we agree with the sentencing, but believe someone owes this couple a high five.

The High Price of Low Death Rates

4/06/09 - Posted by Evan Kessler under Health, US

Economic strife has many negative effects, and judging by the amount of unemployed people who are most likely drinking their troubles away, it comes as a slight surprise that highway deaths have plummeted to their lowest level since 1961. Experts are pinning the decrease in catastrophic collisions to a few vital factors, including high gas prices as well as stricter enforcement of drunk driving legislation, increased seat belt use, and the work of advocacy groups championing safer driving practices.

While we certainly buy that explanation, we think the improvement in tire technology has played a large part in decreasing fatalities by ensuring that frightened women drivers are less obvious hazards to responsible male drivers who have yet to arrive home from business trips.

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    11/03/09

    The Summary: Mel Gibson becomes a father of eight children - and OneRiot renames them all.
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  • Jackson Biography Draws the Attention of Hollywood & Interweb

    10/28/09

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  • With Great Power Comes Great Twesponsibility

    10/15/09

    Last night, thousands of status updates were sent out into the Twittersphere by concerned individuals who believed they were passing on an Amber Alert for a three year old boy. Descriptions of the perp’s Mitsubishi Eclipse and license plate spread like wildfire, and #98B351 quickly became a trending topic. Not long after, celebrity @KhloeKardashian retweeted [...]

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    Bad news, Ed Hardy fans: it’s been scientifically (read: conditionally) proven (read: suggested) that wearing the brand 24/7 will ruin your career. At least, that’s what it—coupled with a series of other bad decisions—did for Jon Gosselin. The horrific fashion victim, best known for his appearances on the reality program Jon and Kate Plus [...]

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    9/24/09

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