Scientists admitted breaking speed limits to carry out the study in western France.
Only the sand flew today, and it was breaking speed limits, 50 miles an hour and more.
But recent efforts have quietly focused on catching renters who drive out of state or break speed laws.
Using cellphone networks and GPS navigation, it compiles regular reports to show drivers if they are breaking speed limits, braking too hard or taking corners too quickly.
Antique bikes, as well as photographs and other displays, shed light on that 1930s racing track, where riders broke speed records by pedaling behind motorcycles.
While most drivers would never break a store window for the thrill of it, those same drivers think nothing of breaking speed limits.
As we veered into a gutter, without breaking speed, it occurred to me that this would, at any rate, be a memorable way to die.
Seabiscuit was loved by Depression-era fans who saw in the knobby-kneed, undersize horse an athlete who overcame a lack of physical endowments (although he was descended from Man o' War) to break speed records nearly everywhere he raced.
But surveys show that a majority of drivers admit to breaking speed limits, and almost all can probably remember a lapse in concentration or worse when in a car.
