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Transportation

Technology Used To Hurt The Public

We all have seen those cameras at red light intersections. We all have slammed on our brakes when we do see one if fear of Big Brother mailing us a bill for our "transgression". At intersections with no camera we usually just go on through a yellow light, safely I might add. Basically the cameras which we are told are

The Smart Car vs. My Toyota

I read an article this morning touting the safety of the Smart Car, the tiny two-person, just shy of 9-foot car in production by Daimler. The Smart twofer did well in crash tests, achieving an overall rating of "good." But that's not what caught my attention about the article. No, what caught my eye was the touted gas mileage the

And on the subject of cars…

The Telegraph has published the results of its poll on the 100 most beautiful cars of all time. The list is dominated by English and Italian cars, which may partly be due to a natural bias of The Telegraph being a UK paper, but I cannot find much fault with their judgment (although I would have put the Aston Martin

Bought Any Illegal Software From A Spammer, Lately?

Bought Any Illegal Software From A Spammer, Lately? The offer advertised in that e-mail message is awfully tempting. Microsoft Windows XP Professional for only $39? The entire Microsoft Office Professional suite for less than a few sawbucks? It's real software, isn't it? Well it sure is, and it's a lot more, too. Spammers stay in business because we're buying their

Smarter Traffic Lights!

How many times have you been sitting in traffic cussing out a traffic light that changed, with no other cars in the other intersection. It happens here in Hawaii "ALL THE TIME". These idiot traffic engineers here have not a clue what a timed traffic light is. When I lived in Guam I loved driving at night because all you

Do you have teens driving and do you not trust them!

I can only say that I am thankful that they did not have a blackbox that could have been installed in my vehicles as a 16 year old. My dad probably would have pulled my drives license the first week. I somehow survived that but it seems now parents can have a tracking device installed in their kids cars to

What to do with 13 Camera’s mounted to a Van

Imagine having a van that had 13 cameras and took a picture every 15 feet. The applications are unlimited I would love to have them drive thru my grandfathers property this would give me a visual record of what state the property is in. Do this every few years and you would have one heck of a record. BUt think