New cars have many features old cars never had — LCD touchscreens and Wi-Fi, for instance. But new cars are missing some things, too. Maybe you remember — and wonder why? Bumpers that could take a bump – Until about the early-mid 1990s, most cars still had external bumpers designed to be . . . […]
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MA Inspection Station Cameras Spy on More Than Just License Plates: NMA E-Newsletter #487
May 14, 2018 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, Facial Recognition, LICENSE PLATE, PRIVACY, Technology
From guest writer Joe Cadillic of the MassPrivatel Blog. Since October 1, 2017, Massachusetts vehicle inspection sticker stations have each been required to purchase five cameras to record vehicles in real-time. The new system called ‘Mass Vehicle Check‘ (MVC) requires inspectors and stations to spend between $5,710.00 – $8.141.00 dollars on government-approved surveillance gear. Forcing vehicle inspection stations to pay […]
The Electric Cars That Might Have Been
Mandates and subsidies have not only distorted the market for electric cars, they’ve distorted the design of electric cars. Instead of being designed to emphasize their natural strengths vs. IC-engined cars — which we’ll get into shortly — they’ve been offered up as cost-no-object economic and functional absurdities whose limitations and failings everyone is supposed […]
Are You as Good a Driver as You Think You Are?
Many of us fancy ourselves better drivers than our vehicle allows us to be. Fortunately, Nissan has heard our thoughts, and is developing what it calls “Brainwave”. Brainwave is, in simple terms, assistive artificial intelligence. Most people are aware of the work happening in autonomous driving. Brainwave is not autonomous, rather, it tries to fill […]
If They Can’t Even Sync Traffic Lights
• May 8, 2018 • 0 Comments • Driver's License, DRIVERLESS CARS, Eric Peters, SAFETY, Technology, Traffic Signals
They can’t even get automated traffic lights to work — to sync the green/red cycles in order to smooth the flow of traffic — but we’re supposed to believe that millions of automated cars are going to sync perfectly, whizz along at 100 MPH in tight formation, without a hitch — just like the Blue […]
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