By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist Last time I suggested we were barking up the wrong tree by quoting statistics for car-pedestrian crash survivability. A 1995 article in the British Medical Journal asked how often people were hurt by cars. “How dangerous is the street?” is a more interesting question than “how dangerous is the […]
A Practical Guide For Dealing With Traffic Stops
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist There are two main schools of thought when it comes to dealing with a cop during a traffic stop (or “safety” checkpoint). One of them is disgustingly obsequious, unworthy of a free people. The other is absolutely correct — in principle — but elements of it, if followed to the […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: November 16, 2011
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Washington: Anti-Camera Initiative Sponsors Seek Rehearing in Court Although the city council in Redmond, Washington […]
These Cherries Are Delicious, But Deadly
By John Carr, NMA Massachusetts Activist You’ve probably heard the factoid: so many percent of pedestrians die when hit by cars going at such and such a speed. At best, these figures were cherry picked from several studies of pedestrian safety coming to different conclusions. At worst, these figures are fabrications. The most common false […]
Catalytic Converter Snatching
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist When they first appeared in the mid-’70s, gearheads in search of more power wanted to get rid of catalytic converters and often replaced them with sections of straight-through tubing — the infamous “test pipe.” Now cats have become hot commodities — for thieves, anyhow.
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