The interest in tiny homes and off-grid living reflects a growing weariness with being carried along, unwillingly, by the rip-tide of “technology” as it makes life superficially easier but also alienating. Cars are a good example. You can start the engine without a key, but when the engine won’t start, what do you do? Most […]
Should 18-year-olds Drive a Big Rig?
• June 17, 2022 • 1 Comment • ATA, CDL, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, FMCSA, INSURANCE, OOIDA, Parking, SAFETY
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared in February 2022 as NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #685. If you would like to become a subscriber to our Sunday one-topic newsletter, click HERE. The minimum age to obtain a commercial driver’s license and drive a tractor-trailer within state boundaries is 18 in all states. Federal guidelines require the driver […]
Surveillance Cameras use Big Tech-Designed Software that considers Everyone a Potential Threat
June 14, 2022 • 0 Comments • Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
By Joe Cadillic, founder of the MassPrivatel Blog A recent Fox 5 New York news report revealed how Big Tech and law enforcement are working together to identify people who could be a “potential threat” using artificial intelligence (AI). The TV investigation describes how private businesses can use Actuate AI to transform every surveillance camera into a predictive AI monster […]
The USDOT, Speed Cameras, and Automated Corruption
June 10, 2022 • 0 Comments • Automated Camera Tickets, Automated Traffic Enforcement, Corruption, Driver's License, LEGISLATION, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, road safety, SAFETY, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, TRAFFIC CAMERA, Traffic Tickets
By Gary Biller, NMA President Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on February 13, 2022, as a NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #683. It didn’t take long after Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary, introduced his department’s 42-page National Roadway Safety Strategy for people to grasp the importance of a tiny sentence buried in Note 3 on Page 28 of […]
Luxury Isn’t What Luxury Once Was
There’s not much special or even especially luxurious about modern luxury cars. This is not to say they aren’t luxurious; of course, they are. The problem for luxury car sellers is that everything is luxurious–just not as expensive, the main distinguishing feature of a modern luxury car. Visit a new car showroom and see and judge for yourself. On the […]
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