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An Autonet & Work Update

I’m now up to 5 articles / week – 3 news stories, my column, and a technical review like this.

(my review of the all-new Buick Encore)

I still get the biggest kick out of seeing my words in print, like: that’s all me I wrote all that. Sure I’ve written one million words here on my blog, but to hold it in your hand is a neat feeling.

Unfortunately that’s the only review I have a hard copy of, which is sad news for my fridge collection.

This week’s column (prints Wednesday) is about pedestrians, again.

My column prints with this headshot, which is so funny to me.

I took this photo with my phone, and sunglasses on you can’t tell it’s me, which amuses me endlessly.  Because finally after 5 years I finally publish my last name, and it’s accompanied with that photo ha.

My headshot online though, I feel opposite about; wow is it ever awkward. I didn’t actually look so helmety-and-awkward day of.

It’s just, I’ve never liked having my photo taken, and it really shows in the shot.

My boss Joe best sums up the photo.

I jacknifed when that came in.

But the good news is, so we’re switching again to a new content management system, so I can upload a new photo.

But the problem is, time and effort has been put into building that awkwardness into banners.

This is the best banner of all, check out my 468×60… and it’s animated

My disembodied head zooms around back and forth ahaha I’m laughing too ahard ot type…

Welcome to the Autonet newsletter, I’m Keri.

Click through on my helmet hair or weird neck, and let’s go read some car news awkwardly.

 

 

Favourite Autonet Articles I Recently Wrote

Some of my neater topics of recent news stories. Click through to read the story.

Here’s my Autonet.ca news section, updates with 3 articles/week.

In 1998, LA Magazine predicts what cars will be like today, and they got a lot right.

 

Volvo’s trying to make a car smell like nothing, because that delicious “new car smell” is actually, low level emissions from the materials.

 

Nissan designs robots to behave like schools of fish, then uses them for autonomous car research.

 

Google chooses Volkswagon as its first-ever automotive parnter / collaborator.

 

Hey Pedestrians – Cars Hurt

It’s baffling to see… someone walks into the street without looking, head down and distracted… why make the driver value their life more than they do?

Favourite Lines:

Rights are not an invisible force field of protection.

and

33% of the time, the pedestrian is at fault of the accident.

(Related column: Back up, Pedestrians)

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

 

 

Driving Aids create Distracted Drivers

I think these new features, the driving and safety aids, are creating complacent drivers.

And who ever checks if the sensor is clean and functioning, before climbing behind the wheel and relying on it?

Check the sensors!

Favourite line:

I worry these new features are masking just how dangerous an activity driving really is. And when the element of danger is removed, so are the consequences of a mistake.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

 

 

Kia and DC Comics are Partners

DC Comics created the ‘Justice League‘, with super heros like Superman, Green Lantern, Aquaman.  In wanting to car-ify each of the 8 characters, DC Comics shook hands with Kia. It’s all for charity.

Wonder Woman just launched.

Wrote about it this week on Autonet.ca.

Never watched this comic, any comic.

I saw the Batman car at the Detroit Auto Show.

Batman is the only super hero I like, because there’s no fall-into-a-vat-special-powers story, he’s just, committed.

Regardless, this car is not for me.