Elon Musk is hailed as a “genius” by some. And he is, but not in the way they mean it. Like Henry Ford, Musk took something he didn’t invent that was essentially a curiosity and recast it in a different way. The difference is that when Henry Ford simplified the car by standardizing parts and mass […]
If “Safety” Really Mattered
• December 23, 2022 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA weekly E-Newsletter #716 from October 2022. In several objective ways, new cars are less “safe” than cars built decades ago. A strong statement. One that probably seems ridiculous, too, given all the “safety” features new cars have that old cars did not, and the fact that new […]
The Vehicle Weight of the Matter
This is a tale of two trucks, kinda. Both are not really trucks. They have beds like trucks do, but neither was built on truck-type (rear-drive) layouts or have or offer four-wheel-drive and a two-speed transfer case as trucks, properly defined, always do. Both are basically cars made to look like trucks and there’s nothing […]
Highway Deaths in Rural America
December 16, 2022 • 0 Comments • Bicyclist, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Driver Courtesy, DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, GHSA, Mass Transit, Motorcycle, NHTSA, NMA, PEDESTRIAN, road safety, SEAT BELT, SPEEDING, traffic safety
By Shelia Dunn, NMA Communications Director Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared as NMA E-Newsletter #714 in September 2022. The Governor’s Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a study called America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly earlier this month. Researchers found that between 2016 and 2020, 40 percent of US traffic deaths occurred on rural roads. A total of 85,002 […]
Making the Hydraulic Systems in your Vehicles Last
A great way to save money is to not spend it. One great way not to spend money is by doing everything possible to extend the service life of your vehicle and its systems. This idea of extending life is especially important for the hydraulic system. Vehicles with manual transmissions have two hydraulic systems. Most people have […]
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