Driving

CLEARFIELD — A 47-year-old woman is facing felony charges after running over the foot of another woman.

LOS ANGELES -- One less reason to worry about letting Grandma drive the kids: Letting her take the wheel might lower the chances that your kids will get injured.

DETROIT — Barefoot and wearing pajamas, the boy was too small to even see over the steering wheel of the car. But that didn’t stop him. The 7-year-old boy from rural Sheridan Township in Mecosta County, Mich., near Big Rapids, reportedly stood up on the floorboard of his stepfather’s red Pontiac Sunfire, gripping the wheel with his hands and accelerating with one foot on the gas pedal.

The boy’s jaw-dropping 20-mile ride, which ended when police got him to stop by boxing him in near the bridge over the Pigeon River outside Caseville, Mich., was all motivated by one thing, according to police.

FARMINGTON — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday on U.S. 89 near the pedestrian bridge in Fruit Heights.

The reason for this checkpoint is an increase in drivers operating vehicles while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to a news release.

For 16 years the main focus of all our existence is based upon one seemingly magical number in which a teenager believes the world will instantly become simpler -- no longer having to rely on others for rides and finally having a taste of freedom.

With seat belts buckled and car keys in hand, the awaited age of 16 and getting a driver's license is the focus of all teenagers alike. But this glamorized coming of age, although exciting, has more to the story than simply being allowed a license.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Is legislation truly effective when it comes to regulating or banning cell phone usage by car drivers?

Edmunds' AutoObserver.com explores the complex and confusing answer in "Cell Phone States of Mind."

Right now 13 states have laws banning drivers' use of cell phone handsets. Eight of those states as well as 22 other states have restricted any cell phone use for novice drivers only. That leaves 15 states where there are no restrictions at all on a driver's cell phone usage.

PHOENIX -- Henry Morello began to lose hope after being stranded in his car in the Arizona desert for five days in which the 84-year-old drank windshield wiper fluid, used car mats to stay warm and read a car manual from cover to cover to pass the time.