Tire Tyranny
If you've gone to get new tires recently, you may have already dealt with the latest outcropping of technocratic busybodyism: The scanning of your car's electronic ear tag, its Vehicle Identification...
Little Brothers
Every new car is infested with Little Brothers - in the form of code and programming that “corrects” outright or thwarts whatever it is you wanted to do.
It goes way beyond...
The One Electric Car That Makes Some Sense . . .
It’s interesting about the Chevy Volt.
Uniquely, it carries around its own recharger - so it’s not tied to a corded umbilical like other electric cars. So it isn’t gimped by a...
Cuba in America
Everyone knows about the ongoing classic car show in Cuba. Cars from the ‘50s and ‘60s being used as everyday drivers - by almost everyone.
It's not because the Cubans appreciate classic...
No More Keys For You!
Many new cars have push-button ignitions - no need to insert a key into a lock anymore.
But you still have a key.
Well, a fob.
An electronic transmitter that you keep in your...
Another Reason for the Electric Car Push?
Whenever the government is rabidly enthusiastic about something you can be reasonably sure you shouldn’t be.
Electric cars are being pushed for all kinds of reasons, none of them beneficial to us....
Fungible Laws
Even better - from a certain point-of-view - than a radar trap based on an under-posted speed limit is a radar trap with a changing speed limit. One that can be...
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em . . . Ban ‘Em
Since they can’t sell electric cars - not enough of them, anyhow - and not without subsidies so huge they amount to outright bribes - the solution appears to be to...
If Gas is Plentiful and Cheap . . . Make Cars Cost More
Whenever a problem is solved, the solution never seems to go away - or even get dialed back. If anything, the government - or busybodies who use the government to achieve...
The Four-Wheeled Patriot Act
Whenever Congress does something unanimously (or nearly so) you can rest assured it’s in their interests, not ours.
The USA Patriot Act comes to mind.
Another is the Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment...