Well, I think that the reporters either say what they said last year or just make it up. Also, if they say that the streets are crowded (bluh, bluh, bluh) then more people will tend to stay home and, after about an hour, well, no more traffic! Sometimes, I think that news stations just say things like that so that they can get their shopping done with little intervention. "(Say what Joe? Your birthday is in 3 days! Ahh!) Um...yeah...and 2 days from now, I predict that the steets will be majorly backed up and all the malls will be full so you'd better stay home and watch TV or something!"

Or, I guess you could be right about the laziness. Once (and only once) I did see a paticular traffic news story that had a little icon in the upper left corner that said "Made from 100% Recycled Material" The amusing part was that the report was actually /correct/, including the accident report on the Whitemud Freeway!

-Ka"I don't listen/watch the news much though"z!