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We linked to the news in this morning's roundup, but just ran across these photos of the crash posted by Frozen Tropics. "Amazingly, no injuries have been reported," the blogger writes of the scene she captured in the 1100 block of Montello Avenue NE late last night. Indeed.

D.C. Wire's Nikita Stewart reports from the D.C. Council's legislative session that the Council has unanimously approved emergency legislation to require drivers to remove frozen snow and ice from their vehicles. However the bill, introduced by Ward 5's Harry Thomas Jr., was amended to eliminate a $50 fine, instead opting to have police issue drivers a warning. So for the next 90 days, know that if we get another real winter storm and you fail to clear ice and snow from the roof or hood of your vehicle, you could be subject to a stern talking to from a D.C. police officer. Photo by mindgutter.

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Our own Andrew Wiseman last night happened upon what was no doubt the beginning of a really terrible morning for several Columbia Heights residents. On 13th Street NW between Clifton and Fairmont, a row of five or more parked cars were smashed up by another car crashing into them. Some had missing wheels, front ends knocked off, crunched fenders, broken bumpers and more. Police had already arrived on the scene by the time Andrew showed up with his camera phone -- check out the destruction left behind.

Everyone knows by now that talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device while driving in the District is illegal -- even if it is a poorly enforced and largely ignored law. But given the increasing popularity of SMS (and really, who actually talks on the phone anymore? I recently found myself incredibly frustrated that a close friend left me a voicemail. Who leaves garbled voicemail when you can shoot a quick, clear text? You want me to call who? Just send me a text, ZOMG!!1!), what's the rule on the arguably more dangerous practice of texting while driving? Turns out, there is none, and in Virginia at least, some legislators would like to change that.