The U.S. constitution guarantees citizens the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. And who's more aggrieved than people who want to bring cool, gray-market cars into the states? Sign a petition, and we all might get our wish.

Measuring a car's speed by the miles it covers in an hour is as obsolete as the buffalo nickel. Drivers need a speed measurement that reflects our go-anywhere-fast lifestyle. We must replace miles per hour with feet per second. Before it's too late.

The Kentucky Department of Transportation requres slow-moving Amish buggies to sport an orange, reflective triangle to warn oncoming traffic — just like those on tractors and other farm vehicles. But some Amish believe their religion forbids the displaying of bright colors, and so several of them now sit in a Kentucky…

Home Owners Associations (NAMBLA) are tyrannical little organizations exerting pointless rules on home owners. One man fought his HOA over one such rule — to park his pickup in his own driveway. He won. It only cost him $187,000.

Two Democrats in Michigan's State House put together legislation to mandate classroom time on "the importance of carpooling and using public transportation, identifying the attributes of a fuel-efficient vehicle," and "recycling vehicle parts and fluids." Hippies. [Detroit News]

People are getting pulled over in the Midwest for hanging air fresheners from mirrors. Why? It's claimed to be an obstruction, and it gives less scrupulous officers reason to search your vehicle. Which, you know, is cool. Or not. [ChicagoTribune]

"Rechtsfahren" means "driving on the right," and it's a critical law on Germany's autobahn. For good reason, as it prevents this Corvette rocketing down the fast lane from blasting into a driver going a leisurely 100 MPH. (H/T to Clay!)

NHTSA is considering mandating all rear turn signals come in amber on evidence they are 5.3% better at preventing crashes over red. A separate study found NHTSA just got 5.3% more anal. [Cars.com via Autoblog]