Many of us remember being scolded in the car by our parents for turning on the interior dome light while they were driving at night. Why was it such a bad thing? Sometimes our parents would complain ...

If you've driven by a police car parked on the side of the road at night and noticed a red light coming from inside, it's not because the officer is getting abducted by aliens or some other oddity.

Virtually everyone has a childhood memory of being scolded for turning on a light inside the family car while it was in motion. Some parents, perhaps in attempting to control their fidgety kids, may ...