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During tonight's heavy downpour, I drove through extremely heavy traffic in one town. A blind man with a cane could have seen better and traveled faster than I did. Since I work in the automotive industry, I know about the gadgets that could make that grueling drive home much easier. I also know how pricey these gadgets are. Not a problem. There are ways to make a system using the free resources on the Internet. The only obstacle is that Internet connection itself. If we lived in Europe, we could take advantage of their high speed cell phones. It's embarrassing how far behind we are in the United States in terms of cell phone technology. But even if we had the speed, we would still need a mobile router to boost the laughably weak phone signal that fills the air ... whenever cell phone companies graciously allow that signal into the air. If I had my laptop in my car, I could get real time weather and traffic updates. At first sign of a problem, I could reroute my long trip and quickly arrive in the comfy confines of my home. Oh well. Given my generous budget, I'm just going to have to rely on old-school technology -- my eyes and lots of patience.