Cars, Security and a Peek into my Life
This is geared towards teens, but really, applies to anyone over the age of 21 who doesn’t have their licence.. to which I say, really?! Eye roll. Got get it omfg.
It’s not about owning a car, it’s about being licensed to operate one.
Here’s 9 reasons why.
Why design your life so that you’re always relying on someone else? Where’s the independence in that.
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The “thump” sound is created when a body hits a car. It’s haunting.
I heard it last week, then watched what happens after an accident.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
I’d been contemplating lately, “maybe I’m too harsh and preachy sometimes, too much ‘be careful’ and ‘stay sharp’, because cars are supposed to be fun. That’s over.
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Mixup with the headline this week; that’s actually the file name HAHA
KOD – Keri on Driving
FTP = file transfer protocol
What these badges mean, and the thinking behind removing them completely.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
It’s funny that, of all the parts of a giant machine, it comes down to these tiny letters.
Here’s a bad photo of a good example of a de-badged car.
Nice and clean, eh.
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Speaking with the York Regional Police about drunk driving checkpoints.
To answer my own question below, “is there a bigger jerk move than drinking and driving?” NO, there’s not.
I’ve roofed a few keys over the years; try that move if you need to shut down a situation.
Read it online at Autonet.ca
These checkpoints can pop up anytime of day, even 7am, because if the good times bleed into 2am, five hours later you’re still smashed.
That, and that there’s no breathalyzer on the end of the flashlight. The officers are doing it all via good old fashioned pattern recognition.
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Over 80 years ago, American inventor Hugo Gernsback foresaw phones in cars.
It was the 1930s, and radios were starting to be installed in cars. Gernsback wrote an article which imagined modifying them to send a signal, as well as receive one.
Read it online at Autonet.
Not long after his article published in 1935, police departments around the country installed radios dedicated to dispatch.
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