By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Do modern cars lack “imagination”? It’s a not-uncommon criticism, especially from old car buffs who remember the “good old days” of jutting fins and big chrome bumpers and quirky touches like His n’ Hers shifters, Wonderbars, dual four-barrel intakes and eight-lug rims. But if anything, today’s cars are even more […]
Making Functional Laws Dysfunctional
May 11, 2010 • 0 Comments • James Baxter, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets
By Jim Baxter, NMA President There are many traffic laws that function reasonably well—as long as they are not strictly enforced. Enforcing “the letter of the law” can make a reasonable regulation unreasonable. Prior to the passage of the National Maximum Speed Limit in 1974, most speed limits were prima facie, meaning exceeding the limit […]
How To Cope With Traffic Jams
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Among life’s minor tortures, sitting in traffic has to be near the top of the list. Millions of us face this ordeal every morning — and then again for the trip back home. Is there any escape? Short of moving, not really. But there are things you can do to […]
Michigan Cities Break The Law To Generate More Speeding Tickets
The Detroit News recently studied ten randomly selected intersections and found that the speed limit was set incorrectly on all ten. In response, State Representative Rick Jones, R-Grand Ledge, will be proposing a bill to require cities to follow the state laws on setting speed limits outlined in Public Act 85. Many cities have chosen […]
The Bamboozled American Driver?
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Just the other day I saw a TV commercial for the 2011 Infiniti M56. It has a 420 hp 5.6 liter V-8 engine. It can reach 60 mph in about 5 seconds and will run to more than 150 mph, flat out. I know, it makes me excited too. But […]
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