Presumptive vs. Actual Impairment
Yesterday, my buddy got into an accident. An actual accident - because it was one he could not have avoided. A minivan pulled out in front of him, struck his Jeep...
Rain Alert! Snow Lockdown!
A point is likely to come when we're not allowed to drive because it's raining outside. Forget snow.
It is the natural evolution of safetyism as applied to driving.
After all, if it...
The Collectible Manual
Electric cars constitute a small fraction of all new car sales but they are outselling non-electric cars by a margin of something like ten to one. This being so because almost...
Automotive Inanities
The other day, I was visiting my friend’s repair shop. He was working on a late 1980s Subaru wagon. I noticed it had 13-inch wheels and four-lug hubs.
You never see this...
A Lever Long Enough . . .
You might be surprised to discover how few horsepower it takes to keep your car - or even a big SUV, for that matter - going.
Well, once it’s already going.
Last week,...
1987 Again . . . for a Moment
Yesterday, I had an encounter with an armed government worker on a motorcycle, running a speed trap. And running laser, which is kryptonite to even the best radar detector because you...
Officer Not So Friendly
A reader sent me a note about his recent experience with Officer Not So Friendly, following an unexpected early morning encounter with a moose. I thought it was worth relaying to...
Tortured Traffic Laws
At some point - I think it happened back in the late '80s - a government bureaucrat decided it was "unsafe" to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. Not content...
The Double Yellow Prison
This country is painted over with double yellow bars - a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Or at least, very difficult. Legal passing zones - always...
Kyle Reese… and Reinhard Heydrich
In the original Terminator movie, Reese - the heroic resistance character sent to our present from a horrific future in which machines tyrannize humanity - displays a bar code embedded on...