By James Baxter, NMA President This past Tuesday the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS, carpet bombed the media world with a press release claiming red light cameras saved 154 lives in 14 cities from 2004 through 2008. Saying IIHS pulled this number out of thin blue air would be a tremendous compliment. There is […]
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Why Mandatory Car Insurance Hurts Good Drivers
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist A reader wrote in response to an article I did on the tyranny of mandatory insurance laws. He had been hit while on his motorcycle — and crippled for life — by an oblivious driver who ran a light. He told me he believes that not only should insurance be […]
Ford’s MyKey System: The Rise Of The Mom Culture
October 30, 2008 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, Insurance Companies, Speed Limits, Traffic Tickets
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Yesterday’s tyrannies came to us in the name of the people – or the race or the nation. We may get ours in the name of the children. At least, when it comes to our cars and what we’re allowed to do with them. Ford has just revealed a new […]
Should The Driving Age Be Raised To 18?
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Is 16 too young to drive? If you’re 16. you probably think not. But it’s those over 16 — adults like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Adrian Lund — who will get to be the deciders on this one. Lund and some others want to push the age at […]
How To Objectively Identify Unsafe Drivers
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist For years I have been arguing that the most objective — and perhaps, definitive — measure of a driver’s ability to drive safely is whether he or she has been involved in an at-fault accident. Speeding tickets, for example, don’t really tell us whether a person is a safe/competent driver. […]
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