Ah, rush hour. There are only two things in the world I hate more than rush hour. One of them being spiders and the other being that notification you get on your iPhone saying you haven’t backed up your iCloud in like 345 weeks. Like sending me an irritating notification …

Driving is tough, but even tougher when you’re sleepy. [wink, wink] U.S. Rep. David Wu crashed his car into a Ford Focus parked on a residential street in Portland’s Forest Heights neighborhood last year, WW has learned. One witness says the Democratic congressman smelled of alcohol. That witness and a …

But at least it’s not this cold. [NYC Freeze] h/t @DASmart

If we were to publish a list of things you shouldn’t do in your car, this might make the top 10. A suspect accused of driving a muscle car erratically onto the lawn at former President George W. Bush’s north Dallas home Wednesday night was detained by the Secret Service. …

Marion Barry = drama. D.C. Councilman Marion Barry had his car stolen over the weekend, according to D.C. police. It gets way better. The former mayor parked his 2002 Jaguar outside the Patricia R. Harris Education Center in Southeast D.C. Sunday morning with the keys still in the ignition. He …

Susan Montee, the Missouri State Auditor, recently got sloshed and discussed putting a margarita machine, paid for by political contributions, in her car. [In her car!] We also enjoyed the part of the video in which she admits, “And I know that I don’t look like my picture.”  You certainly …

Washington Leads U.S. Cities in Auto Accidents, Allstate Says Washington had the most accident- prone drivers of any U.S. city for the third straight year, according to Allstate Corp., the biggest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer. Washington’s drivers get in a collision every 5.1 years, meaning that they have a …

It’s good to have friends. A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Finland that will sell for about $89,000.  [affordable] It’s also the first time the word tiny has …

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. Congressional Motors just released their seven-way hybrid: ethanol, bio-diesel, electric, clean coal, wind, solar and pedal-powered 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition. It only took $100 billion and an entire Congress to design it. H/t jalopnik via RH

Why vote when stuff like this is happening?

If you’re a House staffer who can’t get garage parking – this story is going to chap your ass. As every congressional employee knows, Capitol Hill doesn’t have much in the way of pay parking and street parking next to impossible to find.   So what do you do if …

Robert D. Novak was cited after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington D.C. Wednesday morning. [Go to Politico for more]