By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Having a flat tire is frustrating as it is, but finding out that someone flattened your tire to prove a political point will infuriate you. A UK-based activist group called “The Tyre Extinguishers” is known for deflating tires and has spread its activities to the US. They claim they’ve deflated […]
2022 Mercedes E450 Wagon Review
Back in the ‘70s, every other car was a wagon. These were usually based on cars made more practical by turning them into wagons, which had much more room for cargo and in some instances, passengers. Then wagons became unfashionable and were replaced (at first) by minivans, which became unfashionable in their turn. These, in […]
Tale of Two Cities’ Smart Intersection Programs
• July 29, 2022 • 0 Comments • ADAPTIVE SIGNAL CONTROL, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, Complete Streets, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Infrastructure, PEDESTRIAN, Red-Light Cameras, Technology, TICKET CAMERA, traffic safety, Traffic Signals, VISION ZERO
Editor’s Note: This post first appeared in April 2022 as NMA Weekly Newsletter #693. If you would like to receive the one-topic motorist-related newsletter every Sunday in your inbox, subscribe Here. Pittsburgh, PA, and Lakeland, FL have instituted smart intersections but are handling them differently. As more cities become connected, i.e., having elements of infrastructure […]
Retesting All Drivers–Make the Roads Safer!
July 27, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, INSURANCE, PEDESTRIAN, Road Rage, road safety, SAFETY, Senior Drivers
By Lauren Fix, The Car Coach Unless you’re never near a road, then this affects you! More people are driving now than ever in history, even with the rising cost of vehicles and gas prices. There are more crashes, more fatalities, more dangerous maneuvers, more road rage, more of all the bad things that come […]
The Un-Muscular Car
The first bad news of the New Year is that it’s official. Dodge will no longer be making muscle cars after 2023. As distinct from making Chargers and Challengers, which Dodge will still be making after that for a while. Because muscle cars are powered by burly V8 engines, not turbocharged six-cylinder engines, which Dodge just announced will replace […]
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