Notes from the Road.

This article presents information about automobile driving. A lot of folks were reading road signs along with the Ceppos clan a couple weeks back, according to published reports. Driving to and within the nation's seat of power would be a perfect opportunity to assess the State of the Union of automobile-dom, circa 2005. Drivers of every state we passed through — piloting every conceivable type of vehicle — roared along at 20 to 30 mph above posted limits. Judging by the scads of German and Japanese sport-luxury sedans and SUVs humming around the Capitol district, neither the lawyers, lobbyists nor legislators who make the country run harbor any buy-American sentiment.