SLOW DOWN

If you thought there was a speed trap ahead ...

... you might slow down. And that would be a good thing, since driving above posted speed limits is not only illegal but often unsafe.

How would you know if there's a speed trap ahead? Well, there's probably no way to tell for sure, but The National Speed Trap Exchange has a Web site that can give you some pointers on where Honolulu police officers are mostly likely to be lurking with their radar guns. The exchange advises that along the Pali Highway, for example, “;going town bound on the bottom of Pali just past the traffic light, they usually are off to the right side behind the bushes.”; In Kaimuki, for another example, on “;Waialae Avenue near 16th Avenue ... heading east, the police are on the bottom of the hill on the right side after the light.”;

Visit the Web site at www.speedtrap.org/state/12/Hawaii for details about the speed traps in your neighborhood, and then slow down. You'll save money on traffic tickets—and possibly live longer, too.

BITE ME!

And you thought genetic modification is always bad

Perhaps you can think of a reason why we should not mind getting bitten by mosquitoes. Sure, every creature has its place on Earth—or so we've been told. But for those of us who prefer not to have our blood drained unseen by the critters, being left scratching ourselves because of the itchiness, and wondering also if we might have just contracted an infectious disease, it's welcome news that researchers are trying to figure out a way to breed wingless female mosquitoes. As news reports have pointed out, it's the females that do the biting, and if they can't fly, they won't be able to bite you. In fact, they'll most likely die pretty quickly, leaving the males, and their species generally, in a pretty precarious position. The researchers hope to use their findings to curtail mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever, which are more of a problem elsewhere in the world than here.