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Genetics may be linked to poor driving skills
Very interesting research, and I definitely think it has a basis!
People with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people without it – and a follow-up test a few days later yielded similar results. About 30 percent of Americans have the variant.
“These people make more errors from the get-go, and they forget more of what they learned after time away,” said Dr. Steven Cramer, neurology associate professor and senior author of the study published recently in the journal Cerebral Cortex.
This gene variant limits the availability of a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor during activity. BDNF keeps memory strong by supporting communication among brain cells and keeping them functioning optimally. When a person is engaged in a particular task, BDNF is secreted in the brain area connected with that activity to help the body respond
see here to read the rest of the report from the University of California-Irvine
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-10/uoc–bdm102809.php
IEDEI vs. Toyota Prius (Round 1)
I’m really hoping some of you reach this blog, while researching information about the Toyota Prius. If you were googling for reliability, pricing, consumer reviews, problems, troubleshooting, whatever.
Let’s start by stating the obvious; the Toyota Prius is a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE car. It is SLOW, it is severely UGLY, it handles like feces, and it quite simply lacks any character. The car is all hype, and for the several thousands upon thousands of minions who were too dim to actually bother trying to find a proper car and instead ended up with a Prius; think about what this car says about you.
Why bother dressing in a suit to go to work in a Prius? You’ve already told the world you don’t give a crap what you look like; which is exactly why you’ve rolled into the work parking lot driving a misproportioned wedge.
You wanted economy……OHHHHHHH. So why have you not picked up a hugely efficient new Diesel which runs clean without spilling Nickel into the environment like the cancerous Prius seems to do. Audi, VW, and BMW are all making solid diesel cars at the moment. You can’t afford an Audi or BMW? Fine…..then drive over to the VW dealership and get a Rabbit (Golf in 2010) or Jetta TDI. You’ll pull a solid 40-50mpg everywhere you go—and it won’t take you 15 years to get to 60mph. More than that though, your friends will like you a little bit more, and the grass on your lawn will STILL be growing greener than ever.
Saving a few $$$ is not worth making an ass out of yourself. The truth of the matter is; people hate seeing a Toyota Prius in front of them on the freeway, or getting stuck behind one in the city is generally worse than getting stuck behind a bus. Occasionally, you’ll see a minion of a human driving a Prius really really really fast (which is generally 40-50mph….fast for a Prion…err..Prius) and doing all sorts of weird maneuvers trying to draw attention to their strange little car. Sometimes I wonder if these people think they are driving a Toyota Racing Development (TRD) tuned sports car? Do they KNOW how slow and underperforming of a car they are actually driving?
You are NOT making the world a better place by buying a Prius. You’re just making yourself look like a twit.
If I had extra money lying around, I would buy a Prius—-to have it junked and crushed for kicks!
IEDEI 