On Air Today, Future Rants & Other Stuff
I will be on Bill Meyer's show in Oregon today - 9:30 east coast; tune in if you can or check back here later for the audio clip.
A new chapter of...
Ohio “hero” Gets Blue Discount
A "hero" for the Mahoning County, OH Sheriff’s Office facing drunken-driving and weapons charges has agreed to drop his grievance to get his job back and will resign as part of...
Selective Impairment
I wish I'd filmed this one - but I was too busy swerving, trying to avoid a head-on collision.
I was waiting at a "T" intersection, waiting for the light to go...
The Other Side of “Safety”
Technology never makes mistakes - unlike the humans who design it. Who never fail to anticipate the unanticipated.
Perfection issuing from imperfection, reversing the usual order of things.
Sarcasm, in case you didn’t...
Utah “hero” Gets Blue Discount for DWI
A former agent with the Utah state Bureau of Investigation arrested for DUI while driving an unmarked police vehicle on his way to a training assignment in Lake Powell has pleaded...
Latest Reader Qs (July 10, 2017)
Here are the latest Reader Qs - along with my answers:
John asks:
I'm going to be retiring in a few years to the family farm in central VA, and saw your "What...
Illiterate TN “hero” Texts Death Threats – Gets Blue Discount
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Franklin, TN police officer was fired and arrested for harassment after he reportedly made death threats to someone via text message and voicemail.
Phillip Wise, an eight-year...
Park Pork
A word to the wise about operating on the Blue Ridge Parkway/Skyline Drive in Virginia and North Carolina:
Pork abounds.
And Park Pork - federal pork - uses instant-on radar. Even if you...
Reader Qs (July 7, 2017)
Here are the latest reader Qs - along with my answers!
Chris asks:
Any chance you'll be getting your paws on one of these (manual transmission of course...if they send an automatic version...
Volvo’s Crack Pipe
Here's a quick rant about Volvo's announcement that, beginning with the 2019 model year, it will stop selling cars powered by internal combustion only. Thus, only hybrids and pure electric cars.
I...