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Apart from her music, we don't have anything against Taylor Swift. In fact, we felt pretty bad about that whole VMA thing with Kanye and Beyonce and the Henny and the internet meme that just wouldn't die. However, after seeing Taylor on Saturday Night Live last weekend, we're beginning to wonder if she shouldn't be interrupted more often. Case in point: this video, in which her teenage character goes on a tirade about her parents' terrible driving habits. Thankfully, Kristen Wiig was on-hand to save the day. [Vimeo via MP]

Back in the 18th century, British philosopher Jeremy Bentham came up with a nifty way to keep prisoners in line: as long as the incarcerated thought they were being watched, they behaved, even if they couldn't see the guards. The same "big brother" philosophy has been used ad nauseam since then, even in automobiles. Its newest iteration comes via GreenRoad's in-vehicle data recorder, which takes notes on unsafe driving habits like quick stops and sharp turns and records them for later review.

GreenRoad's difference, however, is that it also grades drivers in real time with red, yellow, and green lights. And the technology is...

A new study finds that state laws banning driving while texting doesn't actually correspond to lower confessed rates of the activity in that state—especially among the youngest drivers.

Part of it looks due to misinformation. Nearly 36 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not driving while texting was banned or restricted in their state.

The study on consumer mobile messaging habits was conducted earlier this year with more than 4,800 subjects—about 100 from each 48 contiguous states—commissioned by Vlingo Corporation, a maker of voice-to-text software, and conducted by the research firm Toluna in the first quarter of 2009. It...