Driver Re-Education
"History," said Henry Ford, is "bunk."
What he meant by that is that the "history" they teach in government schools is largely "bunk." It is either false outright - as for example...
I’ve Got a Golden Ticket
I use the bike as my Willie Wonka golden ticket to get me away from/around anything annoying – and to a better place. Nothing – nothing – beats a speedy bike...
Insouciant Driving
There is bad driving. But insouciant driving is worse.
What's the difference?
Bad driving encompasses many things and opinions vary about them. Some people regard driving fast - or at any rate, faster...
…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...
Most Annoying New Car Features?
Does anyone know where to look for safety?
This is the admonition one often gets in a new or recent-model car equipped with a back-up camera system (now required by law). Put...
Accidents . . .
People often speak of "accidents" as if they just . . . happen. As if they aren't - for the most part - avoidable. Many of these same people also wonder...
Slow’s the Word
What is the common denominator that accounts for almost all bad driving? It is arguably the passivity-fearfulness that’s been drilled into so many American drivers - who were taught that “good...
They Can’t Drive . . . 50
It’s not just obnoxiously high fuel taxes the French are rioting over. It’s also obnoxiously low speed limits.
Last year, the government of Emmanuel Macron decreed the equivalent of America’s ’70s-era Drive...
Live Agent Connectivity
Things necessarily begin somewhere.
Usually, that somewhere is a backwater of some kind; only a few people are involved and the majority either are unaware it's happening at all or they don't...
DMV “points” for non-moving violations?
Many drivers are unaware that state DMVs now assign "points" for more than just moving violations.
In Virginia and Maryland, for example one can get points - as well as a beefy...