Newstalk 870 KFLD: The Mid Columbia's Newstalk Leader » driving http://newstalk870.am Sun, 19 May 2013 03:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Oregon to Give Illegal Aliens 'Driver Cards' That Won't Require Proof of Insurance! http://newstalk870.am/oregon-to-give-illegals-driver-cards-wont-require-proof-of-insurance/ http://newstalk870.am/oregon-to-give-illegals-driver-cards-wont-require-proof-of-insurance/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 18:51:56 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=133964 According to KATU-TV, the Oregon legislature this week gave final approval to a measure that will grant driver licenses to anyone -- including illegal aliens -- provided they can prove they have lived in Oregon for at least one year and lack other legal identification.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/oregon-to-give-illegals-driver-cards-wont-require-proof-of-insurance/feed/ 0 (Oregon State Patrol-oregon.gov) New Marijuana DUI Charge Coming Soon From Washington State Patrol http://newstalk870.am/new-marijuana-dui-charge-coming-from-wa-state-patrol-other-agencies/ http://newstalk870.am/new-marijuana-dui-charge-coming-from-wa-state-patrol-other-agencies/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:00:10 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=118605 Beware of the green DUI!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/new-marijuana-dui-charge-coming-from-wa-state-patrol-other-agencies/feed/ 0 (Townsquare Media image) Washington Is Considering a Pay-As-You-Drive Tax [POLL] http://newstalk870.am/washington-state-considering-pay-as-you-go-driver-tax-your-thoughts-poll/ http://newstalk870.am/washington-state-considering-pay-as-you-go-driver-tax-your-thoughts-poll/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:00:05 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=116319 Never mind that Washington state government has not shown any real ability to spend within its means. With automotive technology improving gas mileage, the state is actually losing millions of dollars with the gas tax. Throw i

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/washington-state-considering-pay-as-you-go-driver-tax-your-thoughts-poll/feed/ 0 (Townsquare media image) Marijuana DUI Claims Life of Pedestrian in Vancouver – First Such Incident Since Legalization http://newstalk870.am/marijuana-dui-claims-life-of-pedestrian-in-vancouver-first-such-incident-since-i-502-passage/ http://newstalk870.am/marijuana-dui-claims-life-of-pedestrian-in-vancouver-first-such-incident-since-i-502-passage/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:42 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=113325 It's the first-known marijuana DUI since I-502 went into effect.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/marijuana-dui-claims-life-of-pedestrian-in-vancouver-first-such-incident-since-i-502-passage/feed/ 0 (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) State Ponders Replacing Gas Tax With Tolls or a Per Mile Tax http://newstalk870.am/wa-state-could-ask-you-to-pay-by-the-mile-when-you-drive/ http://newstalk870.am/wa-state-could-ask-you-to-pay-by-the-mile-when-you-drive/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:00:55 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=110555 A vehicle mileage tax could be coming to Washington state!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/wa-state-could-ask-you-to-pay-by-the-mile-when-you-drive/feed/ 0 (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images) Blue Bridge Traffic Is Too Fast! [PHOTOS] [POLL] http://newstalk870.am/blue-bridge-traffic-is-too-fast-photos-poll/ http://newstalk870.am/blue-bridge-traffic-is-too-fast-photos-poll/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:44 +0000 Big Bear http://1027kord.com/?p=105745 So once again I a making way to an appointment and yet there is another accident on the Blue Bridge. For years even with the fixes that they made a few years ago the traffic has still not improved

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/blue-bridge-traffic-is-too-fast-photos-poll/feed/ 0 Photo By Bear New Jersey Won't Let You Smile in Your Driver's License Photo http://newstalk870.am/new-jersey-wont-let-you-smile-in-your-drivers-license-photo/ http://newstalk870.am/new-jersey-wont-let-you-smile-in-your-drivers-license-photo/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:00:13 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=153408 Hoping to liven up your driver's license photo with a toothy grin? Not in New Jersey, you don't. In fact, the state's Motor Vehicle Commission has recently begun a crackdown on people who flash their pearly whites while being photographed.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/new-jersey-wont-let-you-smile-in-your-drivers-license-photo/feed/ 0 ABC News Spider Blamed for Triple-Flip Car Crash Near Spokane http://newstalk870.am/spider-blamed-for-triple-flip-car-crash/ http://newstalk870.am/spider-blamed-for-triple-flip-car-crash/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:00:03 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=93472 Little Miss Muffet NEVER had it this bad!

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/spider-blamed-for-triple-flip-car-crash/feed/ 0 (Courtesy Washington State Patrol ) 'Black Boxes' May Be Coming to Your Car in the Future [POLL] http://newstalk870.am/black-boxes-coming-to-your-car-in-the-future-poll/ http://newstalk870.am/black-boxes-coming-to-your-car-in-the-future-poll/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:45:58 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=84501 You've heard of black boxes in commercial airliners and other planes. The boxes track every move, every change of course, and are useful in finding out what happened when an airplane goes down. The Feds are thinking of putting them in your car.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/black-boxes-coming-to-your-car-in-the-future-poll/feed/ 0 (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Driving Pet Peeves – What's Your Biggest? [SURVEY] http://newstalk870.am/driving-pet-peeves-whats-your-biggest-survey/ http://newstalk870.am/driving-pet-peeves-whats-your-biggest-survey/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:38:47 +0000 Andrew Kirk http://97rockonline.com/?p=85399 If one more person behind me speeds up when I flip my turn signal on you can go ahead and add me to the terrorist watch list.

I knew a guy who thought it was polite to forfeit his right of way. He’d be at four-way-stops and freeway on-ramps motioning to other drivers with his hands

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/driving-pet-peeves-whats-your-biggest-survey/feed/ 0 Flickr, Robert S. Donovan What is Washington's Law on Cellphones While Driving Again? http://newstalk870.am/just-what-is-the-law-on-texting-cellphones-while-driving/ http://newstalk870.am/just-what-is-the-law-on-texting-cellphones-while-driving/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:30:21 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=73853 Idaho this week adopted new texting and cellphone laws for drivers. We thought we'd review what's legal and what is NOT in Washington.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/just-what-is-the-law-on-texting-cellphones-while-driving/feed/ 0 Texting May Have Led To Injury Car Crash Near Ephrata http://newstalk870.am/texting-may-have-led-to-injury-car-crash-near-ephrata/ http://newstalk870.am/texting-may-have-led-to-injury-car-crash-near-ephrata/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 20:27:04 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=69704 The investigation continues, but authorities say texting while driving may have led to a rollover crash that left one of the victims pinned underneath the wreckage of the car.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/texting-may-have-led-to-injury-car-crash-near-ephrata/feed/ 0 (courtesy Grant County Sherriffs Office) The Automobile Parking Brake – Disappearing Soon For Good? http://newstalk870.am/the-automobile-parking-brake-disappearing-soon-for-good/ http://newstalk870.am/the-automobile-parking-brake-disappearing-soon-for-good/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:30:43 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=65870 They've been a part of virtually every make and model ever built around the world, but soon, they could be come extinct.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/the-automobile-parking-brake-disappearing-soon-for-good/feed/ 0 (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Would You Wear a Seat Belt If a Cop Dressed As the Easter Bunny Made You Buckle Up? [VIDEO] http://newstalk870.am/seat-belt-easter-bunny-video/ http://newstalk870.am/seat-belt-easter-bunny-video/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:00:05 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=84551 You may have seen the story about cops posing as panhandlers to catch people using their cell phones while driving. But have you heard about the officers who are donning bunny costumes to nab motorists who aren’t buckled up?

So, what in the name of Easter is going on?

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/seat-belt-easter-bunny-video/feed/ 0 WPTV Be Careful — That Homeless Man May Really Be a Cop Out to Catch Distracted Drivers http://newstalk870.am/homeless-cop-distracted-drivers/ http://newstalk870.am/homeless-cop-distracted-drivers/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:30:22 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=83494 As in many areas of the US, driving while using a cell phone is illegal in Ontario, Canada. But since many people obey the law only when they see a police officer, undercover cops have found a novel way to catch violators: they’re going incognito as vagrants.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/homeless-cop-distracted-drivers/feed/ 0 Danger Ranger, Facebook Like Using Your Cell Phone In the Car? A New Device Will Stop You http://newstalk870.am/device-prevents-cell-phone-use-in-car/ http://newstalk870.am/device-prevents-cell-phone-use-in-car/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:00:01 +0000 Kathy Landin http://thefw.com/?p=85417 Statistics are showing more and more that cell phone use in cars is a leading cause of accidents. In fact, some research has shown that driving while distracted causes more deaths than driving while under the influence. But, would you buy a new device that prevents you from ever using your cell phone in your car?

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/device-prevents-cell-phone-use-in-car/feed/ 0 Scosche Industries Slip Sliding Away-We're Not The Only Ones On Ice (Video) http://newstalk870.am/slip-sliding-away-were-not-the-only-ones-on-ice-video/ http://newstalk870.am/slip-sliding-away-were-not-the-only-ones-on-ice-video/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:24:40 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=36405 With the recent blast of winter weather in Eastern Washington and NE Oregon, drivers have had their share of adventures.  But it's 'sledding on the streets' in other states too.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/slip-sliding-away-were-not-the-only-ones-on-ice-video/feed/ 0 (Photo by Teaukura Moetaua/Getty Images) Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren't Safer Options to Cell Phones http://newstalk870.am/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/ http://newstalk870.am/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:00:35 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=66273 In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images Federal Cell Ban Poll-Dead Even http://newstalk870.am/federal-cell-ban-poll-dead-even/ http://newstalk870.am/federal-cell-ban-poll-dead-even/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:31:44 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=28568 So far, our Newstalk listeners are split on the issue

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]]> http://newstalk870.am/federal-cell-ban-poll-dead-even/feed/ 0 (Photo Illustration by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Feds Want NATIONWIDE Cell Phone Driving Ban http://newstalk870.am/feds-want-nationwide-cell-phone-driving-ban/ http://newstalk870.am/feds-want-nationwide-cell-phone-driving-ban/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:10:11 +0000 John McKay http://newstalk870.am/?p=28320 Is it necessary, or should it be left up to the states? Is this another example of the Feds overreaching?

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