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Highway Rumble Strips Are Designed to Sound Awful, but Making Them Quieter Could Save Lives Too

One tire wanders across the painted line and the previously quiet cabin erupts with a harsh mechanical growl. The steering wheel trembles, the seat vibrates and, for half a second, it feels as if some

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Your Car Pulls Right on One Road and Left on Another. The Alignment May Be Innocent

The car drifts gently toward the shoulder, and suspicion immediately falls on the alignment. That is understandable. A car should travel where it is pointed, and anything that seems to tug at the s

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Self-Driving Cars Keep Getting Confused Around Emergency Scenes, and NHTSA Has Finally Had Enough

A self-driving car getting confused in a parking lot is annoying. A self-driving car getting confused near a fire truck, police cruiser, or ambulance is something else entirely. That is

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A Car Wash Membership Only Saves You Money If You Cross This Very Unexciting Threshold

Car wash memberships are one of those things that sound smarter the dirtier your car gets. You sign up in a moment of optimism. Maybe it is winter salt. Maybe it is pollen season. Maybe it is j

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Americans Say They Want Interesting Cars. Then They Keep Buying White, Black, and Gray

Every year, car buyers get asked to imagine themselves as bold, expressive people. People who care about design. People who say things like, “No, I don’t want the boring one.”

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The Best Summer Tire Isn’t Always the Stickiest One, and That’s the Part Most People Miss

A lot of people talk about summer tires the way people talk about hot sauce. They want the most extreme one. The one with the biggest number, the most grip, the most bragging rights, the tire t

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Can You Actually Sleep at a New York Thruway Rest Stop Without Getting Towed?

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

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Self-Driving Cars Are Running Real Routes in Real Cities Now — And the Safety Numbers Are Surprising

For a long time, self-driving cars felt like one of those technologies that was always five years away. There was a lot of demo footage, a lot of press releases, a lot of "the future is here"

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AWD, 4WD, FWD: The Drivetrain Badge On Your Car May Not Mean What You Think

A lot of drivers know the badge on the back of their car. AWD. 4WD. Maybe nothing at all, which usually means front-wheel drive and a salesperson who did not have much to brag about. But

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Your Car Pulls To One Side? Don’t Let A Shop Sell You An Alignment Before You Check This

There is a small test every driver has done at least once, even if they would never admit it. A straight road. No traffic. Good weather. Hands still close to the wheel, but the grip loosens f

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