Boston's only polite intersection? Maybe that's what happens when you put an intersection in the middle of a forest. Mike Ball hails the intersection of Enneking, Turtle Pond and Dedham parkways deep in the woods of Stony Brook Reservation, where drivers not only obey the four-way stop but are actually courteous to one another:

... Could it be something in the oxygen from all the foliage? Might some nearby unknown native American burial ground be affecting Bostonians as they arrive at the intersection? Would the bucolic nature of the park all around calm the savages?

The cause is far less important than the mere existence of the magic intersection. ...

Wicked Local Framingham reports a truck driver who slammed into a car may have been eating cereal behind the wheel: The investigating officer found milk and cereal all over his dashboard - and a bowl in woods nearby.

In May, Needham police arrested a man for driving while under the influence of cereal.

SuperMark posts a photo of a Duck Boat that tried to occupy the same space as a car on Mass. Ave. northbound between Boylston and Newbury this afternoon. Traffic, he tweets, was all messed up.

NOTE: Make that Sunday - the state has postponed the work until then.

Because you'll be blinded by science likely to get caught in a jam caused by road construction work between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., the state Department of Transportation advises.

They have them in other states. Now Gov. Patrick wants legislation to let cities and towns put cameras atop traffic signals to photograph and fine drivers caught going through red lights.

Interestingly, he put it in his latest proposal to deal with the state's latest fiscal problems - so that's how he's going to soften the blow of cuts in local aid to cities and towns (click on the link, then either scroll down or search on "red light").

Stephen Walsh photographs the remains of a bad accident at 1091 Centre St. this afternoon; SUV was heavily damaged, the driver injured, but not fatally so.

Ned Batchelder proposes a sensor system.

The Globe reports EMS wasn't saying much about the incident, which happened around 10:40 p.m.

The Globe talks to the guy whose vehicle was rear-ended by the twice-convicted-but-still-innocent-this-time state senator. The Herald talks to a family member who says the man's son has had to drop out of youth sports because of injuries in the hit and run.

Is there something we need to know about the five people announced this afternoon as board members of the new mega Department of Transportation that will oversee everything that moves in the state starting Monday?

In any case, here they are, along with descriptions supplied by the state: