This was covered in a very entertaining show called Adam Ruins Everything. Each episode has footnotes for the sources: http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-ev

This was covered in a very entertaining show called Adam Ruins Everything. Each episode has footnotes for the sources: http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-sources/adam-ruins-cars.html http://www.trutv.com/shows/adam-ruins-everything/blog/adams-... Interestingly enough, their source was an article from Vox from 2007: https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2934608/Norton_Street_Rivals.0.pdf https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2934608/N... EDIT: the article references the original author's work and the book (also cited as a source by the show) http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Traffic-American-Inside-Technology/dp/0262516128 http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Traffic-American-Inside-Techn...