Cambridge Police provide the feel-good road-rage story of the month: Around 3:30 p.m. yesterday on Cambridge Street, two motorists got into your basic Masshole traffic dispute, but one that ended a bit differently, at least after the police got involved:

Both parties shook hands and apologized for their actions and went on their way.

Their first encounter.

Channel 7 reports the legislature has passed a measure requiring motorists to slow down and move over when they see flashing blue/red lights on the side of the highway, rather than continuing to drive straight into a cruiser or whatever, like they now do with some regularity.

With roughly 0.08 inches of snow on the ground, a Southie Masshole marked his territory today.

...and get a ticket from an unamused trooper.

Seriously, if you've been "talking for ten months" about how you really want to go to Mt. Auburn and recognize if you go into labor during rush-hour...how about a backup plan? Or stay with friends nearer Boston as she gets near her due date? Or call an ambulance so your Special Little Snowflake can be born at the hospital 35 miles from home? John, here's what they look like.

My favorite part of the story- Davis claims he was told by other troopers to use the emergency lane, but "drive carefully and keep your hazard lights on." Blinkahs: the Masshole Get Out of Any Traffic Idiocy For Free cahd.

The Herald reports on Big Mouth Jim Braude's day in court; Braude acknowledged driving the wrong way on Morrissey Boulevard but said his ticket should be dismissed because a state trooper mailed him the ticket rather than handing it to him. The trooper testified he was more concerned at that point about protecting the life of the British prime minister - at whose car Braude seemed to be aiming.

Channel 4 reports that an alleged Masshole who drove around a train-crossing gate managed to get out of his car when it got stuck just before an MBTA commuter train plowed into it in Abington this afternoon. Nobody on the train was hurt, but passengers on one inbound train had to be put on a bus to Braintree as crews cleaned up the resulting mess.

The Patriot Ledger reports the driver "became distracted" and didn't see the gate coming down until it was too late.

How many Massholes can truthfully state they almost caused an international incident - and almost got taken out by a Secret Service sniper protecting the life of the British prime minister? Not content to merely be living the dream, Braude is, of course, contesting the ticket he got.

Park and Pray is a new blog about owning a car in Boston, and it starts off with a chronicle of the five main types of people you compete with every night for a space - and how to defeat them.

Cambridge Police report that a raging motorist who had words with a bicyclist on Prospect Street in Somerville yesterday morning caught up with the bicyclist again in Cambridge and this time got out of his car to give the guy a real piece of his mind and possibly a beatdown. Only he forgot something:

The suspect's motor vehicle continued and struck a second motor vehicle when the suspect left his motor vehicle in drive to confront the reporting party.

Earlier:
Karma takes care of raging bicyclist in Cambridge.

Meanwhile, Cambridge cabbies were pretty ragey yesterday as well. Cambridge Police also report they had to break up a fight among three employees of a cab company around 4:20 p.m. on Fulkerson Street - and that around 9:30 p.m. two cabbies got into some fisticuffs when one allgedly tried to cut in on the other at an Essex Street cab stand. And then, about two hours later:

... [T]wo taxi cab drivers got into an argument on Elliot St. One of the drivers stated that the other driver kicked his rear passenger side door causing damage.

The Cambridge Chronicle reports a guy working on a scratch ticket while driving his Jeep down Mt. Auburn Street on Aug. 31 plowed into a utility pole, which then fell on four people. The driver was also injured when his Jeep landed on the driver's side. On a positive note, the guy won $100 from the ticket - which should help pay for his legal costs - the paper reports.