Radar detectors, like bulletproof vests, don’t make you invulnerable. They improve your odds. And like a bulletproof vest, the more you know about your radar detector’s capabilities — and vulnerabilities — the better off you’ll be. Here are some things worth knowing: * Radar detectors usually can’t pick up “instant on” radar… until it’s too […]
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Embarrass a Classic Muscle Car
The new Chevy Camaro has 335 hp and does zero to 60 in about five seconds flat. That’s with the V6. Which is the one to buy. Because it is affordable — $27,195 — vs. $36,300 for the V8 powered Camaro SS. Which isn’t. Either to buy — or to insure. Nor feed. The 2016 […]
The Backwards IIHS
The NMA has never been shy about calling out the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for its agenda-driven “research,” shoddy methodology and reality-defying study results. So, we were skeptical when we read this headline in the latest IIHS newsletter: “Offering skid avoidance course to teen drivers doesn’t improve safety.” The article summarizes a Maryland […]
What They’re After…
• October 26, 2015 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, Fuel, Insurance Companies, Mass Transit
They want us out of our cars, that’s the bottom line. “They” being the California General Assembly — which just passed a bill (SB 350, the “Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015,” see here) that mandates a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use statewide by 2030. The legislation empowers the California Air Resources […]
IIHS Shills for Camera Industry
September 8, 2015 • 0 Comments • Insurance Companies, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Yellow Light Duration
In its 30-page report issued last week about the Montgomery County, Maryland, speed camera program, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) does its best to revive a reeling camera industry. The use of red-light cameras has been declining for a couple of years now in no small part due to corrupt actions by one of […]
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