More than 51 million drivers are expected to hit the roads this holiday season, a 1. 7 percent increase from last year. And although gasoline prices are up, transportation analysts expect record traffic on the nation's highways and airports as Christmas approaches. In many states, like Massachusetts, police will crack down on holiday drunks behind the wheel.

More than 51 million drivers are expected to hit the roads this holiday season, a 1. 7 percent increase from last year. And although gasoline prices are up, transportation analysts expect record traffic on the nation's highways and airports as Christmas approaches. In many states, like Massachusetts, police will crack down on holiday drunks behind the wheel.

A North Carolina state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that even drivers of some standup electric scooters can be convicted for drunken driving. Kevin Michael Crow challenged the law after being convicted last year of driving while impaired. He was pulled over after an officer saw him run a stop sign, and weave erratically in his lane.

More people are turning drive time into talk time. An increasing number of drivers are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers talking on cell phones at any given time. Women and young people are the most common users. About 10 percent of the people on the road during the day are using cell phones, up from 8 percent in 2004, the government reported Thursday. Six percent of drivers were holding the phones to their ears, up from 5 percent last year.

A Canadian man, 85, spends hours inside his impounded car after his vehicle was ticketed for illegal parking and then towed to a police compound. The frost blurred out the car's windows and a tow-truck driver, unaware of the elderly man sitting in the driver's seat, took the car to the police compound.