This Podcast Will Remain Unlimited Even If the Autobahn Gets Limits

Focusing on safety in this edition:

The days of unlimited speeds could be winding down in Germany as the autobahn comes under fire.

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Here are 11 things that you are doing wrong or should be paying attention to so you can be safer on the road.

The new IIHS crash tests are proving challenging to the small crossover segment.

Regulators are looking to lower the threshold for driving while intoxicated.

Combining a waterfall and a projector created an awesome stop sign.

Finally, Mathew tells his safety tale.

Automotive Podcast of the Year Goes to ...

It's awards season and the first big one is out, with Volkswagen Passat taking Motor Trend's Car of the Year prize. We debate whether this was a deserving win.

What will win next year? Well, it might be one of the vehicles that is being unveiled this week at the Los Angeles auto show. We pick our favorites.

The toilet bike. 

The Chevrolet Volt was last year's Car of the Year, but now there are some more questions about safety after a Volt with a leaking battery that had been crashed by the NHTSA burst into flames.

Jay Leno isn't worried. After 11 months and 11,000 miles he's used less than half a tank of gas in his Volt, which he drives most of the time.

Consumers might be buying more Volts in the future, both because they want vehicles with higher fuel economy and the government is mandating higher average numbers in 2025.

Perhaps biogas-powered motorcycles are the solution. Without the toilet.

And finally, getting home before the cops pull you over for DUI won't prevent the police from legally kicking in your door and arresting you.

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Fighting Over a Dollar -- In Higher Gas Taxes

GM's CEO calls for a $1 a gallon gas tax. Really. And it does make some sense. At least to David.

Large SUVs were once derided for being both gas guzzlers and unsafe. A new study says that electronic stability systems have finally made giant SUVs safer.

Unimog or Poison Dart Frog

But large SUVs are really in huge demand with gas prices where they are. Small vehicles are in demand, so much so that used car prices are rising and this is a good time to trade one in.

Cameras are all the rage for phones -- and some cars, but VW is running out of back-up cameras due to the earthquake.

Ford, meanwhile is focused on Lincoln. After years of brand neglect, the auto maker is looking to make Lincoln hip again.

Poison dart frog. Unimog. Mercedes has linked the two with a crazy concept vehicle. Really.

We finish this week with two nanny debates. First, Apple bans DUI locator apps from its ecosystem.

Also, healthy debate around whether states should prevent kids who don't finish high school or even get their equivalency degrees from being able to get a driver's license.

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