If speed kills, why are people always in such a hurry to get to the hospital? It seems to be the only time they’re in a hurry. American drivers are marinated in the doctrine that any motorized movement, not just acceleration, that doesn’t emulate the movements of a Galapagos tortoise is necessarily dangerous. This is based on […]
Could be Bad, But Maybe Not! Auto Maintenance Critical!
A good friend of mine called me a couple of weeks ago, worried about her ’92 Toyota truck. The transmission was acting up. She couldn’t shift it into or out of gear. But only after she’d been driving it for awhile. I had a good feeling about what was probably wrong with her truck’s transmission because my […]
Minding Your Mood and your Eyeballs
• February 4, 2020 • 0 Comments • DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, Eric Peters, Facial Recognition, Insurance Companies, PRIVACY, Speed Limits, Technology
Memory seats are nice. But how about mood minders? In-car sensors that assess your state of mind via eye movements, facial expressions, gestures — even your rising (or falling) heartbeat — and adjust the car accordingly? Some of this is already here. Some new cars come standard with “drowsy driver” monitoring systems. Cameras embedded in the dash […]
Virginia Tax Relief—Right!
• January 28, 2020 • 0 Comments • Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, Exhaust Sniffers, Fuel, Gas Tax, INSPECTION FEE, REVENUE GENERATION, Road User Charge, SAFETY, VMT, VMT Tax
Car dealers are amateurs when it comes to the bait-and-switch. The true masters of this art are politicians such as Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. He tantalizes empty-pocketed taxpayers whose pockets are empty, with lower taxes in exchange for higher ones. Of course, he doesn’t quite put it that way, much less explain what he’s up to, […]
The Panopticon Expands: Distracted Driving Cams+
• January 21, 2020 • 0 Comments • ALPR, CELL PHONE, CIVIL, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DUE PROCESS, Eric Peters, Parking, Red-Light Cameras, REVENUE GENERATION, Speed Cameras, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET REVENUE, Traffic Tickets
Precedent always becomes practice. Having established as legitimate the use of cameras to robotically ticket people for “speeding” and “running” red lights — timed to go red quickly, to ensnare as many drivers as possible — it was only a matter of time before the principle to include automatically ticketing people for using their cell […]
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