The Commuter (and Privacy and Other Things) Tax
If you don’t wan't your dog to run away, you leash him. The government doesn’t want you to run away, either - but has a different kind of leash in mind.
The...
Our Former Right to Travel – And How to Reclaim It
Control mobility - free movement - and you have controlled the population. Their other rights are automatically cheapened into functional irrelevance if the right to come and go without permission and...
The First Autonomous Car
You will probably never hear a TED talk about it, but the fact is the most autonomous car ever made was last made almost 100 years ago.
It was the Model T...
Avoiding Sharks
We are told - lectured - about the dangers of being an armed government worker (AGW). This is like the shark complaining about the danger posed by the scuba diver.
About 1,000...
Doomed: Pontiac G8 (2008-2009)
There are many examples of too little, too late in the automotive world. The 2008-2009 Pontiac G8 is perhaps the only example of more-than-enough . . . when it no-longer-mattered.
Pontiac was...
That First Taste of Freedom
Riding a bicycle has changed - and the change may account for the waning of interest in driving as well as the waxing hostility between cyclists and drivers.
Cycling is mostly an...
The Glut Cometh
Wouldn’t it be nice to know the canary’s going to sing before he actually does?
Very few saw the crash coming back in ’08 - which was the last time the car...
Grokking the Con
Anyone who hasn't grokked the con by now is probably a hopeless case. Tesla has been in "business" for going on 15 years and still loses money despite taking billions.
Ask yourself...
2019 Mini Countryman Hybrid
There’s an old Motorhead saying: Speed is just a question of money. How fast do you want to go?
That’s been updated for our time. How far do you want to go...
And Then They Came For Ford…
Most people who’ve read a little bit about World War II have heard of Martin Niemoller - and what he had to say about precedent becoming practice.
What happened to VW is now happening...