You’ve heard the saying, your mileage may vary? Well, there’s a new variable you ought to take into account when you go shopping for a new car. You might call it the Turbo Tax. It’s paid two ways — up front and down the road. And it’s becoming harder to avoid either tax, because about […]
1987 Again . . . Briefly: Thoughts on a Traffic Stop Encounter
• February 5, 2019 • 0 Comments • Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, LASER, RADAR DETECTOR, Speed Limits, Speed Traps, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Yesterday, I had an encounter with an armed government worker on a motorcycle, running a speed trap. And running laser, which is kryptonite to even the best radar detector because you get no warning. If the detector detects laser, you are already detected. Which is just what happened to me. Bingo! You “win.” I was […]
Automated Cars – And Dumbed Down Drivers
• January 29, 2019 • 0 Comments • DRIVER EDUCATION, Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, Electric Vehicle, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Tickets
One of the arguments used by automated car pushers (I use the term deliberately, to convey the fact that the market isn’t asking for automated cars any more than it is electric cars; both are being forced upon the market by parties who are frustrated by the market’s reluctance to “embrace” either thing) is that […]
Guillotines and Red Octobers
The French would be in the streets. Of course, they are in the streets — but that’s in France. What about here? General Motors just announced it will be closing five plants and firing about 15,000 people — and that’s probably just for openers. This, by itself, isn’t cause for pitchforks. Companies sometimes have to […]
Presumptive vs. Actual Impairment
• January 15, 2019 • 0 Comments • BAC, Driver's License, DUI/DWI, Eric Peters, INSURANCE, Insurance Companies, Speed Limits, TRAFFIC STOP, Traffic Tickets
Yesterday, my buddy got into an accident. An actual accident — because it was one he could not have avoided. A minivan pulled out in front of him, struck his Jeep — which spun several times before ending up in a ditch. My buddy is largely unhurt — except for his heart. Because his Jeep, […]
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