Pay The Fine – Or Pay The Shyster
Why is it effectively impossible to contest a traffic ticket without a lawyer?
Emphasis on effectively.
Yes, it's possible to learn the legalisms and procedures; the dance steps that are required in order...
The Dashboard Mother-in-Law
Who needs a mother-in-law along for the ride when she's built into the dashboard!
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety!
…But It Will Save Lives
And if only one life is saved, then blah, blah, blah...
The current allowable BAC level is 0.08 but through the genius of government statistics they determined that a person with 0.05...
Tax Per Mile Cometh!
Oregon - home of things uber trendy - has become the first state to begin dunning motorists by the mile rather than by the gallon.
The "pilot" program begins July 1 —...
It’s Not Just the Time that Changed!
This is the time of year when we’re forced to reset our clocks - Daylight Savings Time. There’s something else that needs re-setting, too.
Our frames of reference for cars.
Let me explain...
Cycling vs. Driving and the Death of Car Culture
There's North and South, liberals and conservatives; Star Trek people and Star Wars people . . . but few divides are greater than that which exists between drivers and cyclists.
The etiology...
No Ticket For Texas Mayor
A Mundane discovers that some animals are more equal than others:
FRISCO TX – Finding examples where laws magically don’t apply to the political class or their cronies is not a particularly...
Mandatory Gun Insurance
It took "conservative" Republicans to trot out mandatory and market-based health insurance in the same mouthful. Don't ever forget to thank them for this.
Well, it's time for the next step: Mandatory...
Rearviews in the Rearview
Elon Musk wants you to pay more for your next new car - even if you don’t buy one of his cars.
The CEO of Tesla is “petitioning” the government to allow...
Today’s Clover: Slow – and Slower
Here's today's Clover - the geezer in the white Blazer ahead of the blue minivan. The Blazer never quite gets to the speed limit - 55 MPH - but when he...