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Suggests that summer drivers in the U.S. need strategies for avoiding traffic. Strategy of Rob Golding on Scarsdale, New York, on traveling to the Jersey Shore; Golding's long tradition of travel avoidance; The inevitability of encountering congestion on the way to a weekend vacation; Role of technology in informing drivers about where traffic is tied up and how to get around it; Campaign by Maryland to reduce congestion; How most people are constrained by work schedules; Golding's use of a navigation system; Comments of Chuck Jackson of Maryland, who founded an advocacy group called Citizen Advocates for Safe and Efficient Travel.

THERE is no evidence that safety investigations conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been influenced by former agency officials who now work for automakers or the former auto officials who work for the agency, said a report released on Thursday by the Office of the Inspector General for the Transportation Department, which oversees N.H.T.S.A. The report was the result of an investigation that was requested by Congress last year during its hearings into sudden acceleration on Toyotas and whether the safety agency had acted properly in its investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TRENTON (AP) -- New Jersey will stop inspecting privately owned vehicles for mechanical defects beginning Aug. 1, limiting the inspections to emissions tests, the chief administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission announced on Friday. The official, Raymond P. Martinez, said the state could no longer justify spending millions of dollars on the mechanical inspections. Mr. Martinez said the changes would save the state about $17 million. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Federal regulators said Wednesday that they had received 10 reports of Toyota vehicles accelerating unexpectedly after they were repaired at dealerships. The complaints have not been verified, but they add to questions about whether Toyota's big recalls will resolve its problems with unexpected acceleration. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had begun to contact and interview the consumers who filed the reports. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With his lean frame topped by a shock of thick graying hair, 42-year-old Alan Kayser is the epitome of a seasoned cyclist. He does not look like a criminal, but recently he was pulled over on his bike and fingerprinted by a sheriff's officer. ''He fingerprinted everybody,'' Mr. Kayser said. ''That's how they ID people.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

At 2:58 each weekday afternoon, the adults brace for traffic chaos at Florence Nightingale Middle School. The bell sounds, and children dash to the left and right. Some bounce basketballs as they make their way to waiting cars -- some parked illegally -- backpacks swing perilously from side to side, and many pile into Metro buses idling two lanes deep. School administrators in bright orange vests move their charges gingerly through a crosswalk as the children try to hurl themselves toward burger joints across the street. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the plan of the Israeli government to prohibit Palestinians from the main roads in the West Bank, to protect Israeli motorists from roadside shootings.

Examines the usefulness of the red-light cameras that are placed at intersections and can take a picture of a car that runs a red light. Belief that the reduction in side collisions has been equaled by an increase in rear-end collisions as drivers try to stop late to avoid a ticket; Critics who charge that the revenue-sharing arrangements with the providers of the technology has resulted in the placement of the cameras not where they would promote safety, but where they can make the most money; Malfunctions and legal challenges which have led some cities to remove them while others are adding them; How they work; Comments from the leading provider, Affiliated Computer Services, on upcoming technology; Arguments for and against the system.

Reports on the restoration of traffic and the return of workers in the city of New York after the Republican National Convention. Time of the reopening of all exits at Pennsylvania Station; Feeling of relief from various workers; Appreciation of New Yorkers on the disappearance of a politically charge atmosphere.

Reports on the traffic detection technology developed by traffic and sensing-system engineers to improve traffic safety.