Obesity is a complicated disease. It can be caused by your mom's pregnancy diet, genetics, your KFC Double Down habit, or some combination of all three. But why has the problem reached such epidemic proportions in the U.S.? Researchers at the University of Illinois think our car culture may be to blame.

So this is what happens when all the policemen in your country are too busy participating in the latest revolution. Anarchy rules the desert streets.

In New York City, regulators are searching for penalties that will discourage taxi drivers from refusing service to certain passengers. Why would a cabbie do such a thing? Let's turn to the comment section of NYPost.com to find out:

If you were filming your badass self driving 140 miles per hour and you got pulled over by police, wouldn't you maybe try to hide the video camera, or at least the tape? Stanislav Bakanov didn't care when he was pulled over for doing 118 mph in Oregon while filming a video to show off on YouTube:

Republican Georgia state legislator Bobby Franklin thinks that driver's licenses impose undue restrictions on the right of citizens to travel. So he's proposed legislation to stop the state from issuing them.

[A Kansas City Scout sign warns motorists along I-70 near Kansas City, Mo. on Tuesday. I-70 was closed from Kansas City to St. Louis because of heavy snow. Image via AP]

AT&T has been a proponent of making sure that people are aware of the dangers of texting while driving. Earlier this year, they launched a PSA campaign called "It Can Wait" and this doc is the culmination of that project.

Technically, this qualifies as a DUI. While getting his wisdom teeth removed, this driving fan kicks his imaginary car into overdrive, accompanying his pedal and gear motions with amusing engine sounds. His YouTube username is CarAficionado24.

The ability to drive a public bus while reading a Kindle is a gift. And now, here's a bus driver from Omnibus De México labeling some CD's, writing on a clipboard, and not paying much attention while driving pretty fast.

In Soviet Russia, trucks don't drive around water—they drive through water! Or so it appears in this predictably insane video, featuring nearly three minutes of Russian truck drivers—and their vehicles of choice—plowing through seemingly unmaneuverable roadways. Watch inside.

On a highway in Europe we see a Polish driver side by side with a German truck. Are they racing? Perhaps. Will pulling a gun out give you a "competitive advantage?" In a word, yes.

We've heard about the troubling behavior of Meg Whitman's eldest son, Griffith Harsh, who has been arrested twice and accused of rape. Let's check in on younger brother William. He appeared in court on Tuesday on a careless driving charge.

Yesterday, we learned that a 34-year-old man slammed a car through a Bridgeville, Pennsylvania DMV office moments after passing his driving test, causing minor injuries to himself and three others. Now, we have raw video of the classically ironic event.

Mere moments after successfully completing his driving test, a Pittsburgh-area man drove through the front of the DMV, with the driving instructor still in the car. No one was hurt and it was ruled an accident. An unbelievably embarrassing accident.

"Hard core hip hop" band "Imperial Stars" today struck upon the best guerrilla promotion ever when they blocked the jam-packed 101 Freeway in Hollywood in order to perform their hit song Traffic Jam 101 atop their logo-emblazoned panel truck.

A new study shows that accidents caused by texting drivers actually increases when the activity is prohibited by law. That's because people send text messages, but try to get sneaky about it. We suggest threatening thumb amputation for all offenders.

A new British study of lads (and lasses?) who play shooting video games suggests that all that virtual spatial-navigation improves ability in driving, multitasking, and "reading the small print." Sure you're a dehumanized, sociopathic monster, but you drive so well!

New York City transportation planners have released the findings of a study focused on pedestrian accidents on city streets and two shocking things were learned: women don't be gettin' in accidents and taxis aren't that dangerous after all.

It's common knowledge that certain brands of automobiles reveal their drivers to be chicks, or—worse—undercover chicks. Finally, researchers have quantified the most feminine cars. If you drive one, you are a total chick. Looking at you, VW.

Four teenagers were trying to hold their breath through the length of an upstate NY town when the driver passed out and ran into a boulder. The driver is a paraplegic, after falling out of a window during college. [NYP]