The phrase “dark sky city” can conjure an impractical picture: roads disappearing into blackness, pedestrians carrying flashlights and local astronomers celebrating while everyone else dri
Automatic stop-start has a peculiar talent for irritating drivers both when it works and when it does not. At one traffic light, the engine shuts down the moment the car stops. At the next, it keep
Watch the back of two cars at the same intersection and you might notice something odd. The first car hits the brakes, then one of its red brake lights starts flashing. The second car does the
The United States was already keeping right long before anyone had an engine, a steering wheel, or an argument about who had the right of way at a four-way stop. The habit began with horses
There was a time when changing the temperature in a car took half a second. You reached down, turned a knob, and somehow civilization survived. Now, in some cars, the same job feels like openin
Anyone who has ever hit that wall on a long drive knows the feeling. The music stops helping. Coffee stops helping. Rolling the window down stops helping. At some point, the smartest move is no
Depending on where you got your driver's license, certain habits behind the wheel are probably second nature. Especially safety decisions based on weather. Might have left you confused why not eve
Heard some pretty bad rental car stories but getting arrested because it has a license plate frame could be the worst yet. Now a lawsuit's trying to get this Florida law tossed because it's un
Start-stop has always been one of those features that splits drivers down the middle. You roll up to a red light, the engine shuts off, and just as you’re about to move again, it kicks back on.
You’re at a stoplight in Germany or the UK, waiting for it to turn green. Instead of flipping straight from red to green like you’re used to in the States, it flashes red and yellow togeth