Car Pool Log: 2006 07-07

Gray Honda sedan, mottled fibrous interiors. In the backseat: a straw mat covering a wooden handled umbrella, a black plastic handled umbrella underneath the Driver’s seat. Behind the passenger’s side was a yellow plastic container holding wires or cables of some kind, perhaps jumper cables. Underneath a new looking car stereo, in small cubby, a tube of chapstick.

Driving over the bridge, past Treasure Island, a van tried to merge into the right lane and into a black BMW. The BMW swerved to avoid collision in a dramatic, commercial-quality maneuver. Driver made an audible noise of surprise similar to a grunt or a clucking.

On the radio, NPR perhaps; a news report on how Craigslist is being brought up on charges for not complying with the Fair Housing Act. A Human rights interest group claims that Craigslist needs to follow the guidelines similar to paper publications when it comes to discrimination in their housing classifieds. Large dot com companies are in support of Craigslist in not having to regulate (or censor, depending on how you approach) every posting. One commentator suggested that since Craigslist is on the internet and therefore an informational conduit (similar to the telephone system) and not in the publishing field then it doesn’t need to comply with the act.