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ORLANDO, FL—A local street curb on Baxter Avenue has come forward to accuse a woman of multiple vehicular assaults. According to sworn testimony, the curb endured unwelcome scuffing from tires and aluminum wheels over the course of several months. "We are proud of this brave little cement curb for coming forward," said Police Chief Orlando Rolón. "We need to do better in educating our daughters how to parallel park and put proper distance between their car wheels and the curb, for gosh sakes. Yellow paint means, 'stay away!' We will redouble our efforts to prevent this from ever happening again."...

Somebody handed the keys of a luxury car over to a woman who barely knows how to drive and clearly knows nothing about parallel parking. What could go wrong?Whoops! I guess we need one of those “Reset” buttons.A woman runs over the hood of a $300,000 Ferrari while trying to park her Mercedes in a space the size of semi-truck. It’s  unclear at this point if the car’s computer system had been hacked into, the driver had some type of medical “short circuit,” or if it was just a case of an incompetent driver behind the wheel of an expensive...

If you listen closely you can almost hear a collective sigh of relief from 16 year olds across the state.The reason – the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration officially removed parallel parking as a required test element on the driver’s license test on a statewide basis starting today.According to Buel Young, spokesperson for the MVA, the administration determined that completing a two-point turn and backing up are similar enough to parallel parking to eliminate the parking element from the test.“The MVA consistently evaluates its assessments of both the knowledge and skills tests. In analyzing the skills test, it was determined that...

<p>March 7, 2004 -- It fits as well as a well-tailored dress. It's designed to be flattering and not get dirty.</p> <p>And it won't mess up your hair. It's the first car built by women for women. It's Volvo's Your Concept Car, or YCC, and it's about to cut a striking silhouette on the road.</p>