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Cars, Security & a Peek into my Life

I Sneak Away from Parties Always

sneaking away party animated

To go sit quietly, by myself.

I’m not anxious about socializing or speaking to people,
I just run out of things to say.

I speak so little in real life, my default is silent. I can make it entire dinners without speaking. One time, I didn’t talk to anyone for 5 days.

So a party or event is a lot of talking for me. This blog is a ton of talking.

This is a known. Here’s the email that came with an exclusive PR invite last month.

Remember that recent weekend I spent at the track? Apparently there was a bet going on, to see how long I’d last, before having to leave to be alone.

I’ve got it down to a science… don a cloak of invisibility…

… and I’m gone.

 

 

Radar is the New Black – How it Works

RADAR – RAdio Detection And Ranging – an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine range, altitude, direction, or in this case, speed.

Basically – a wave is sent out, it bounces off an object, returns home, and a measurement is recorded.

The car was travelling at 111 km/h.

Radar Gun Animated

Automakers are starting to use radar in their safety aids.

Infiniti’s Q50 uses it in its Blind Spot Intervention System.

As does Hyundai’s Genesis, which looks like this.

The radar is behind that reflective piece.

Very basically – it sends out a signal, which travels along the road, beneath the cars in front of it, up to two away, then returns. If it determines those cars ahead are slowing down, the car slows down too.

Doesn’t look like much huh, just a flat piece of plastic.