Everyone knows you can die in a traffic accident... Now we know you can die just being around traffic, regardless of whether an accident occurs or not! That's the conclusion of a study by researchers at the GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health in Neuherberg, Germany... Apparently being in traffic - either in a car, a bus, a train, or just standing around - increases the risk of heart attack in people already at risk... On average, traffic nearly triples the risk of heart attack in the hours afterward, and the more time you spend in traffic, the higher the risk... And for those not already at risk, traffic increases the risk of heart disease in general!

(So much for relaxing while cruising around town, eh?)