On “Speeding”
The government cares about revenue - and control. It posts speed limits accordingly.
At best - that is, assuming benevolent if condescending intent - they are posted based on the least common...
Bad Boy!
When I leave my gym, there's a red light at the intersection that literally takes five minutes to change. Often, it will skip the green arrow for people waiting to make...
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...
Unmarked Cop Cars: Making The Roads Less Safe
Wouldn't it be easier if they just hit us all with another once-annually additional "fee" (that is, another tax) that would be due Jan. 1 and otherwise left us alone on...
Ride-Sharing’s Broken Promises
In physics, there is a reaction to every action. In politics, there is always an unanticipated consequence to every policy. Sometimes, several. And often, they are worse than the problem which...
Eat Your Veggies… Or Else!
NHTSA and the insurance Mafia want to see fines for not buckling-up jacked up to as much as $100 in order to "encourage" higher compliance with mandatory seatbelt laws.
Apparently, the $25...
Clover Pulls Out/Won’t Move Over
Here's another Clover in action:
Crappy old truck just has to pull out abruptly - even though he could have waited 10 seconds and let the faster-moving car go by before pulling...
Creative Resistance
About two years ago, I stopped renewing the registration for several of my bikes (I have five). Basically, all the ones that aren't antiques (which have one-time-fee "permanent" tags in my...
“Concern” in the Wrong Quarter
Clearly, pedestrians and bicyclists are unsafe and must be banned - or least, fatwa’d.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - an apparat of the federal government that by some ineffable self-accretion...
Try Hacking This
h/t to JQ from TBP for this video. I am sure the government isn't capable of things like this, just ask Michael Hastings, oh wait...
http://youtu.be/oqe6S6m73Zw
This makes me want to drive something...