There are fewer vehicles on the road, so driving isn't mentally exhausting like it can be during morning hours.

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By comparison, this year there were four million fewer vehicles on the road in America than there were the year before.

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Fewer vehicles on the road means less traffic congestion and less pollution.

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The dangers come down to basics, engineers said: the lack of body reinforcements, lower-quality steel in car bodies, weaker or fewer weld spots to hold the vehicles together and car platforms designed decades before modern safety advances.

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But in the air, where obstacles are far fewer, fully robotic vehicles are already a reality.

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While demand for light, fuel efficient vehicles was on the rise, Ford actually sold fewer trucks this May, evidencing a clear shift in consumer preferences.

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Ford reacted by further lowering production targets for the rest of 2008, meaning it will manufacture 50, 000 fewer vehicles.

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More than a few of my great journalist friends are making better livings than before, either hired by or contracting their services to vendors who have information to communicate and fewer vehicles for getting reported, especially thoroughly and accurately reported, by the traditional press.

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It has been active during the deteriorating weather with 4x4 vehicles operating in areas vulnerable to adverse conditions, but a spokeswoman said fewer calls would ensure that genuine emergencies can be attended to appropriately.

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