Cars

GPS Causing Truckers to Crash Into Bridges
GPS navigation gadgets cannot now, and perhaps never will, replace human judgment! I, thankfully, never took out an overpass, but have often been mislead by these evil little gadgets. I only use mine when I am desperate. The first problem is the data base. As routes change, it is difficult to keep the... 1 Mar 2010 23:13

Toyota: Defect, or Deflection of Personal Responsibility?
On Feb 28, 12:10 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Some fascinating info has come out of the Toyota hearings and the commentary which followed. First up is Alex Roy, who noticed that while ~30 people may have died due to a defect in the Toyota throttle system, TENS OF THOUSANDS of pe... 1 Mar 2010 14:11

What is the Worldwide Transportation Library's stance on
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:03:51 -0800 (PST), Sherman L. Cahal wrote: FYI, it was me (Seicer) that brought down Carl on Wikipedia. Not that we lost much. Just curious, where did the username Seicer come from? -- To reply by e-mail, remove the "restrictor plate" ... 28 Feb 2010 21:13

2 killed by Toyota accelerators in 2009 - 39,998 killed by speeders, DUIs, redlight runners, and cell-drivers
Which of the two problems in Congress incensed about? ... 10 Mar 2010 10:52

Just what We Needed
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:12:50 -0800, Scott in SoCal wrote: As if it weren't easy enough already, a new law would make it easier for towns to set ridiculously low speed limits for political reasons. Nothing wrong with that idea. In Ohio, it's been that way for decades. But when it comes to US and state hi... 23 Feb 2010 21:41

Off-Road MFFY
On 2010-02-21, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Ever wonder how MFFYs behave when they're not in their cars? http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100129742 Police say a man in Sandusky got so upset over a mistake on the price of crab cakes that he punched a grocery ... 21 Feb 2010 23:52

Average speed ticketing
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/30/3031.asp "The UK Sustainable Development Commission yesterday released a report recommending the use of average speed cameras for round-the-clock tracking of motorist journeys nationwide. The government advisory body said that widespread deployment of average speed cameras wa... 26 Jan 2010 23:27

GM explains why keyless entry is so wonderful
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carkeys24-2010jan24,0,6923741.story (snip) "We really haven't seen too much confusion with these systems," said Dave Proefke, a vehicle security engineer at General Motors Co. Besides offering convenience for motorists, Proefke said, the technology gives auto designe... 24 Jan 2010 21:30

Save america - Shoot fatties, DUIs, and illegals !!!
On Jan 8, 12:34 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <xeton2...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: necromancer - ECHM <coupe_de_bo...(a)zinedine-zidane.fr> wrote innews:le2ek5domt6h9m95941ks6lg863mir050g(a)4ax.com: SFB spewed: So much waste in america. We spend hundreds of billions of $ on health care for i... 8 Jan 2010 19:37

Church of Euthanasia
http://www.churchofeuthanasia.org/resources/fc/unabetoc.html We have been hammered with that "feed the world" bullshit for too long. striker ... 3 Jan 2010 23:48