I recently test drove a new car with an autopilot system. Turn on the cruise control and the car not only maintains whatever speed you set, it also steers itself through curves and keeps the car from wandering out of its lane. You are supposed to keep your hands on the wheel, of course. But […]
54 Blog Posts From the ATW Tag
The Tsunami Approaches
• April 7, 2019 • 0 Comments • ATW, Auto Industry, Eric Peters, GPS, SAFETY, SEAT BELT, Speed Limits, Technology
Tsunamis are nature’s surprise party. The sky is blue; the waves lap the shore gently as usual. No reason to pack up the beach towel — much less run to the car and drive at top speed as fast as you can to the nearest highest ground. But across the ocean, an earthquake. The wave […]
The Amen Corner
I’ve written about the media’s active complicity in pushing the EV Agenda. This includes the car media, which seems to have very few car people behind the bylines. Car people being people who regard cars as more than transportation — as a service or otherwise. And who — as journalists — ought at least to […]
All the Safe New Cars
• March 24, 2019 • 0 Comments • ATW, Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology, TEXTING
If cars are so much safer than they used to be — courtesy of the beneficence of the federal government — how come fatalities are increasing rather than decreasing? It’s another one of those awkward questions (like the ones about rivers of molten steel in the basement ruins of the Trade Center Towers) that no […]
Adjusting our Clock and our Perception of Cars
It’s that time of year — when we’re forced to reset our clocks again — spring forward! There’s something else that needs re-setting, too. Our frames of reference for cars. There is no longer much amenity difference between “luxury” cars and other cars . . . There is more price difference than there has ever […]
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