Just Because I Said So
A reader informs me that Pennsylvania is about to do what most other states already do: Empower local armed government workers to use radar to entrap "speeders." In PA - at...
Cosseted Cavemen
The Titanic could have used more lifeboats.
A current cruise liner, laser welded and multiply redundant, could probably do without any - because sinking is improbable and help isn’t hours away in...
The GPS Granny Nanny
America is slowing down. How long before it stops entirely?
Literally stops?
A reader who is a commercial driver wrote to tell me about how his work vehicle is monitored and controlled via...
Video Rant: Replacing The Speed Tax
If - as is likely - new cars become incapable of "speeding," how will the "revenue" lost to the Speed Tax be replaced? Here are some thoughts on that . ....
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...
Casualties of Saaaaaafety
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety has cost us a lot - and not just money.
It has sucked almost all of the the fun out of driving - especially for those who were born after the...
The Best Reason to Not Buy Any New Car
There's one very persuasive reason arguing against the purchase of any new car - regardless of make or model:
The property tax you'll be forced to pay . . . forever.
Ot at...
Safety vs. Saaaaaaafety
Driving a car that has loose lug nuts is always unsafe.
No one in their right mind would knowingly do it.
Driving a car that might not hold up as well as a...
Video Rant: How to Avoid ASS
ASS - Automated Stop/Start - is becoming almost impossible to avoid in new cars . . . emphasis on almost.
One way to avoid it - even in cars that otherwise have...
Virginia’s Automated Revenue Collectors
Speed cameras are like kudzu - they have to be beaten back every so often.
If, that is, the public has any idea they are about to get mulcted by them.
With almost...