Ammunition to make sales
A Missouri car dealer has epitomized the values of its cowboy-holding-a-pistol logo through a strange, but apparently profitable, promotion: Buy a car, get a free handgun. Max Motors in Butler, Mo., has seen sales quadruple since implementing the deal, which offers buyers a $250 credit at a gun shop or a $250 gas card. Most buyers are taking the gun shop credit, owner Mark Muller says.Vehicle passengers real dummies
Drivers in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, are recruiting fake passengers to help them skirt carpool lane rules. Drivers aiming to travel in three-occupant or more designated lanes have turned to inflatable dolls, mannequins and even dogs dressed as children to try and fool police and fellow drivers into thinking they meet the lanes' requirements. Driving with dummies — in more ways than one.
Study: helmets may lead to injury
Wearing a helmet might actually lead to more bicycle riders getting hit by vehicles, according to a recent study conducted by Ian Walker, professor at the University of Bath in England. Walker found that bike riders wearing helmets saw drivers come almost 3.5 inches closer when passing than those riders without head protection. So your head is safer with a helmet on. As for your body and bicycle, they are on their own.
Letters to the editor
Dear Editor,
Aldon Miller, Owner
Editor's Note: Our politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, are not offering reasoned, long-term solutions to our energy problems. Instead, they banter over contrived issues that play to the public's emotions. You ask if I hear you. I do, but you're asking the wrong person. Please vote on Nov. 4.
Larry Silvey,