When Speed Doesn’t Even Scratch The Paint
There are fast drivers and there are sloppy, incompetent drivers.
They are not necessarily the same drivers.
This is a distinction I have been trying to make for years in my writing about...
Hacked
Well, I told ya so.
First they hacked the Google car. Now, it appears, they - "they" being hackers - could, in principle at least, take over half-a-million Jeeps (and other Fiat-Chrysler...
Why Punish People for “Speeding”?
Why should anyone be subject to punishment merely for driving "x" speed? Is it not of a piece with punishing someone for merely consuming alcohol?
The justification usually given is that "speeding"...
“Aggressive” Driving
Traffic is a problem in the United States, but not solely because there are too many cars and not enough road. A large part of the problem has to do with...
Bicyclist Bubble
Maybe your state is one of the more than two dozen around the U.S. with what is known as a three-foot passing law—a provision that requires drivers to give people on...
Radar Love
A bullet-proof vest does not mean you're bullet-proof. It just means most bullets won't penetrate the vest.
But some will.
Same with radar detectors. You'll be less vulnerable - but you won't be able...
Mandatory In-Car Breathalyzers by 2020?
Drunk driving checkpoints presume you're drunk until you demonstrate otherwise to the satisfaction of a cop.
In about five years - maybe sooner - your car may take over that job.
NHTSA - the...
Unmarked Cop Cars: Making The Roads Less Safe
Wouldn't it be easier if they just hit us all with another once-annually additional "fee" (that is, another tax) that would be due Jan. 1 and otherwise left us alone on...
“Parental” Car Controls…
It's being touted as "parental control" technology - a way for worried parents to keep tabs on their teenaged drivers. But what's good for the proverbial goose (the 17-year-old) is just...
Live Agent Connectivity
Things necessarily begin somewhere.
Usually, that somewhere is a backwater of some kind; only a few people are involved and the majority either are unaware it's happening at all or they don't...