Backyard Independence
It's nice that most of us can now buy food again while showing our faces, again. But the past going-on-two-years ought to have taught us what could happen again.
It is Memorial...
Recycled Heroes
You may recall the Catholic Church's troubles with pedophile priests. The trouble wasn't just that some priests had an interest in little kids. It was that the Church was interested in covering...
Dealing With Checkpoint America
If you have the bad luck to toll up on a DUI “sobriety” checkpoint, how should you handle it?
The fact that you haven’t been drinking is, unfortunately, immaterial.
Every person entering one...
One Size Fits Slow
We’re told automated cars will make the roads “safer.”
Well, they just might - in the same way that filling in the deep end of every swimming pool in the country with...
What’s Next? Airbags for Pedestrians…
The air bag thing is about to get really out of hand.
And really, really expensive.
Apparently, it's not enough that most cars now have four (or six) air bags inside. Volvo...
Arrivederci Autopsy
The truth gets out every now and then - not that many are paying attention. And the truth behind Fiat’s slow-motion exit-stage-left from the North American car market is that Americans...
Smashing The Illusion of Consent… Peacefully
Refusing to fly again until TSA Submission Training is done away with - and not buying cars equipped with Big Brother technology - that's a good start on the path back...
Subscribe to Drive
People are used to making car payments but the tradition is you eventually stop making them, at which point - finally - the car is yours. Keep it, sell it, trade...
Automated = Slow
How fast will automated cars go? Will it take you longer - or less - to get where you want to go? The answer to those questions can be discovered by...
Hedging Bets
Toyota didn’t get to be the world’s largest automaker by not selling cars. It isn’t surprising, therefore, that Toyota is the only major car company that hasn’t “committed” - as it...