Growing Up: A Millennial’s Shift from Fast Cars to Family Cars
A cherry red Mustang and a Toyota RAV4 pull up to a stoplight, which is more likely to have the younger driver behind the wheel? Studies show millennials are the ones picking SUVs and family cars over the fast cars these days. There are many reasons for it, such as costs and urbanization, and the […]
Ridesharing Services May be Reason for Decline in California DUI Arrests
Arrests for drunk driving in many of California’s major cities dropped in 2016 when compared with the year before. Observations by local law enforcement and data from ride-sharing services such as Lyft and Uber show that these services may be the reason why. According to a study done by the University of California and the […]
Microtransit Costs too Much Per Passenger
So much hype over transportation disruption right now that sometimes it is hard to see the road with all the bikes and scooters laying around or even to understand if a disruption is viable and efficient. Microtransit, similar to ridesharing but supposedly cheaper, is one such disruption that use to be known as Dial-a-Ride. In […]
The Good News about Automated Cars
Automated cars are being pushed on us harder than crystal meth in a West Virginia trailer park — by a tag team of the government apparat (which salivates at the prospect of heightened control over our movements) and a car industry which is becoming indistinguishable from the government, except that it wants to profit from […]
Waymo Takes Over the World
Clearly the frontrunner in the driverless car race, Waymo has test drove more than 2 million miles since February 2018. Waymo’s Chief Business Development Officer Shaun Steward announced on June 5 that the company’s fleet of autonomous vehicles would reach 7 million miles by the weekend. Currently, Waymo is the only company with a fleet […]
Ubering is a Bad Idea
How does anyone make money using their car as a taxi? Well, we’re not supposed to use that word, for openers. It’s ride-sharing. That’s just a dodge, of course. And there’s nothing wrong with dodging laws outlawing the free exchange of goods of services between consenting adults. If I have a car and am willing […]
Report from The Future of the Automobile Conference held at the Petersen Museum, Los Angeles, May 3, 2018
I volunteered to attend The Future of the Automobile Conference, sponsored by the Petersen Automotive Museum and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, so that I could report to NMA on what technological and political schemes are being cooked up for drivers. I walked in bright and early to avoid Los Angeles’s notorious traffic congestion. […]
Would Lawsuits be Less Frequent with Self-Driving Cars?
Self-driving cars have been in the news a lot lately and some of the news has not been good. But, as the technology advances and self-driving cars become more prevalent on the market, they could wind up lowering the frequency that drivers file lawsuits. The companies developing self-driving cars right now include FiatChrysler, Ford, General […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: May 21, 2018
In this week’s TheNewspaper.com Roundup! –NTSB examines school bus fatalities– –Traffic school has no safety benefit– –TX AG says no more public money for toll roads– Friday, May 18, 2018 NTSB Investigation Examines Preventable School Bus Fatalities The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will meet Tuesday to discuss a pair of tragic school bus accidents […]
Is an Infrastructure Apocalypse on the Horizon?
The US’s aging Infrastructure seems to be falling apart but what is worse is no one knows how to fund infrastructure. How much more can motorists pay before they can no longer pay any more? Motorists already pay a state and federal gas tax. Motorists already pay special wheel taxes or additional vehicle registration fees. […]