The previous poster had said "if it were the government doing it, it'd be in violation of the 9th amendment." I pointed out that cities have cars towed and impounded all the time. I did not say this was a city towing the car in this case.

We have operations like that here - business or apartment building owners post signs saying that unauthorized cars will be towed, and you have two choices - pay for the tow plus the daily impound fee, or contest it in court (while the impound fees pile up and you eventually lose anyway).

And then there's the police ordering a towing. I remember one guy had bought a used Honda and figured that since the McDonalds was only a block or so away, it was safe to drive there without registering the car because he wouldn't get caught.

He got a ticket for driving an unregistered vehicle, towing. Then there was the towing charge, and the daily impound fee - the car was ordered to be impounded for 30 days. In the end, he ended up owing $1,200 on a car that he paid the previous owner $1,100 for (and still owed them $700).

Since he couldn't come up with the money, the car was sold, and since the city netted nothing at the auction after fees, he still owes $1,900 for a car he drove less than 2 blocks. And the interest keeps adding up at 6% per year. And until it's paid, his drivers license is suspended. That has to be the most expensive burger and fries in the history of McDonalds.

More competition is better. We know google is working on their own car - but the Tesla is here today and doing better than anyone ever thought. No wonder the guy can do rocket science.

and in a prelude to the great gay cake debates ...

If you're going to be stuck with that monicker, you'd better be on LOTS of steroids.

Helium, for the giggles. Plus, if there's a leak, you'll know it because people will sound like Donald Duck, whereas the first sign of a nitrogen leak is people passing out.

Let's hope this spreads to Facebook, Twitter, and other antisocial networks. People would be forced to actually engage with real people in real life for a change.

Of course that won't happen - these companies are selling you, so they will do nothing that will reduce their user base, even if it makes it a higher quality.

They probably want to make $$$ from streaming music data charges.

Montana is 48th in population density - there's hardly anyone there (less than 7 people per square mile). The 2013 Census estimates put the Billings population at 109,059, the only city in Montana to surpass 100,000 people. The State of Montana had total length of 69,567 miles of national and state highways, roads and streets in the year of 2006.

With a total population of only 1 million, if every single man, woman, and child had their own car and took to the road at the same time, there'd be an average of 360 feet between each car.

However, even with this ultra-low traffic density, Montana drivers suck

Low traffic density and they still manage to kill themselves more often per mile than anyone else. Maybe they just reached "peak crash deaths."