How to beat the tollbooth police

Click on this link to read a St. Pete Times article (6-2-11) about the tricks employed by motorists to pass undetected through tollbooths (without paying).

Electric Cars Too Quiet?

This link is to a story in the Sarasota Herald Tribune yesterday about making electric cars noisier.  Apparently there is a concern that they run too quiet and pedestrians will cross the street in front of them.  Should the cars be made noisier (chimes, whirs) or is it the pedestrian's responsibility to look before crossing the street?

13 year old girl to sail world alone

Click on this link to read a Washington Post story about a 13 year old Dutch girl, Laura Dekker, who wants to sail around the world by her self. Do you think this is a dangerous idea? (comments welcomed). Note: two days after this article appeared, a Dutch court blocked her trip.

Dangerous toy helicopter stunt

extreme pogo sticking

This is a link to a manufacturer's site (see their video) about new forms of pogo sticks (remember those?) that apparently enable some pretty intense stunts. I may try to obtain one of these for a future edition of our Dangerous Ideas class!

Fourth Amendment underclothes?

Fourth Amendment underclothes?

"Now there's a way to protest those intrusive TSA X-ray scanners without saying a word."

4th Amendment Wear makes undergarments printed with the fourth amendment to the U. S. Constitution on them. What's clever is that the text, printed in metallic ink, and is readable on your airport security scan.


View the site here.

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