Kyle Ashdown

Speeding tickets might be expensive, but could the technology needed to avoid being caught be even worse on your wallet?

Electric vehicles have been called soulless, expensive, impractical, unsafe, overly complicated and even environmentally hazardous by naysayers. Yet, the inevitable truth is that EVs will be a part of the mainstream in the not-so-distant future. Some countries have even started reading out the last rites to the internal combustion engine. Norway has given new petroleum-powered cars eight years to live; and it’s highly likely that their Scandinavian brethren will follow suit. Tesla Motors is priming to become a hegemony in the automotive industry.

In an increasingly cut-throat automotive industry, car manufacturers have formed some unusual alliances with their competitors

Introduction Alternative intersection design is a hot topic with people who, quite frankly, don’t know how to drive. Seriously. It seems that the inability to be able to make a safe left hand turn (for those who drive on the left) has become such a hazard that it’s a matter of public safety. UPS and FedEx have instituted no-left-turn policies for their drivers, a move which they believe has saved them millions of dollars.

Car accidents happen every day around the world for a wide plethora of reasons. Most of them are caused by driver error; and some of them are, unfortunately, fatal. But when Mother Nature plays a role in a car accident, her actions can cause unparalleled devastation.

OK, let me just make it clear: I feel for the people of Mexico. High gas prices suck. Raising the price of fuel would make me pretty mad, too. But these changes are a result of something that I think needed to be done. The reason the gas prices in Mexico jumped so high on New Year’s Day was that the Mexican government made moves to deregulate the price controls held by the gasoline industry there. In other words, the price of gas was a lot lower at the Mexican pumps than what it should have been.

Progression is a trait that humans have displayed since time immemorial—ever since we started building fires and drawing on caves, we’ve proven that we can do things that no other species on this planet can. It certainly wasn’t the plankton in the ocean that built the Panama Canal. Yet, for some reason, some of us cannot figure out how to put a vehicle with an automatic transmission into “PARK”.

You don’t need to see the movie Rush to know why many people consider Niki Lauda to be one of motorsport’s greatest drivers. He is a man who has pushed certain death off to the side to become a champion. His famous 1976 crash at the Nurburgring literally put him through Hell; and his will to survive that crash is what defines Niki in the minds of racing fans worldwide.

I’d like to start this post off by saying that I fully intend to make this post as politically neutral as possible. There’s enough misunderstanding, vitriol and cruelty out on the Internet as it is, and I want to have no part in any of it. All I am here to do is interpret the ramifications of Donald Trump’s economic policies in the light of car enthusiasts in a language that, hopefully, you will be able to easily understand. Here, I’ll discuss a few key points of Trump’s economic policy, and explain what they mean to petrolheads in America and the rest of the world.

If you’re a seasoned Car Throttle fan, you might remember the December 2015 video “10 Smells that Turn Petrolheads On.” If not, here it is:

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Introduction 2016 has, so far, been a year of interesting (and sometimes questionable) alliances between different automakers. The automotive industry is often a cutthroat enterprise; and sometimes the old adage “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” has never been more true. While I’m not one to sleep with the enemy, these titans in the automotive industry have no shame. Here are some of the resulting creations, along with my own opinions as to whether or not they were a good idea.

Let me start this rant by saying that I am proud to live in a country with a government that is fair, just, and democratic. By and large, I do not have to worry about corruption, human rights violations, or an absence of the rule of law. Is my government perfect? Absolutely not, but it does its job reasonably well for the most part. And, yet, the justice system failed a 70-year old car enthusiast from my community.