Feature Story: Cars, Trucks Stage Huge Protest Against Pedestrians Fearful of losing their dominance on America's streets, millions of autos staged massive park-ins in public spaces around the nation to protest pedestrians and other alternative modes of transportation... [Read full story]

Autos protest outside the US Capitol.

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