By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Everyone’s jumping on the “save gas” bandwagon — understandably. It’s on everyone’s mind. But that doesn’t mean you ought to mind everything you read. While there’s lots of good advice in circulation, some of it is outdated — or just flat out wrong. For instance: * Regular Tune-ups Will Save […]
Avoid Vacation Disasters: 6 Tips For A Great Road Trip
Despite expensive fuel and economic uncertainty, millions of Americans will be hitting the road over the Labor Day holiday. We’ve developed a list of recommendations intended to keep a vacation trip a vacation and not a family disaster story. 1) Take An Extra Key Not many experiences are more frustrating than to be 300 hundred […]
Use This Card To Stand Up For Your Rights At Roadblocks
The 4th Amendment has been weakened significantly over the years in an effort to allow the use of roadblocks as a law enforcement tool. Fortunately, you still have rights should you choose to exercise them. When citizens are faced with roadblocks, they may politely refuse to answer any of the officer’s questions. To make this […]
What Happens If You Remove All The Traffic Signs From A City?
There’s an interesting article over at The Wilson Quarterly about a traffic engineer with some unique, counter-intuitive ideas on how to make driving more safe and enjoyable. Here’s an excerpt: In the last few years, however, one traffic engineer did achieve a measure of global celebrity, known, if not exactly by name, then by his […]
The Effect Of Speed Limits On Actual Travel Speeds
By Jim Walker, NMA Michigan Member I have worked closely with the Michigan State Police for several years in their pursuit of correcting as many Michigan posted speed limits to the correct 85th percentile speed level as possible. Yes, we have a very enlightened state police administration that wants to see posted limits set for […]
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