Automotive Journal

"I sat the girls down on the living room couch one night and told them, 'the only solution this summer is car-pooling.' " Crikey, things really are getting pretty serious over in the USA now that gasoline has become more expensive than tapwater. Kids are having to share rides, forego the cruises and - as if that was not enough trauma to deal with - learn to walk. Poor lil mites. Heart 's a bleedin'.

As Gas Prices Rise, Teenagers' Cruising Declines