For anyone that knows me, or has read most of this blog, it's no surprise that this article (registration required) about auto safety would grab my attention. So they're working on a car that will nudge you to be a better driver.

A few years ago the safety focus was on road rage, which had been around forever, they just gave it a new name. I used to call it "asshole driving." But that was just me, I'm sure.

Now the big safety problem is driver distraction, accountable for about a quarter of all car accidents. But when you look through what specific "distractions" cause accidents, wouldn't you think that after all the legislative and media hype, cell phones would be the number one biggie? I did anyway. I couldn't have been more wrong. Cell phones were at the bottom of the list. "Outside stimuli" -- basically whatever is outside that catches your eye -- is the number one distractor. Maybe they'll come up with a pair of high tech blinders?