Imagine this: you’re driving down the highway minding your own business when all of a sudden you notice your car isn’t acting the way it should. You smell a distinct hot engine smell coming from the radiator and notice your car is “put-putting” along, otherwise known as a loss of power. You’re wondering what is happening. Chances are your car is...

When you are young and think “summer vacation,” chances are you’re thinking swimming pools, beach days, bike riding, and tons of friends. Well, for my family, they always thought “road trip!” Now, for many people who know me, most these road trips would be spent going up to our cabin in the woods in Montana. However, one summer in particular was spent just...

From road rage, to drunk drivers, to distracted driving—there are many reasons why automobile crashes happen throughout the world. Most of the time, as drivers, we would not expect the culprit of fatalities or accidents to be the vehicle itself. However, in Brazil, the vehicles are just that: the issue. They leave their assembly lines, more than 10,000 per day, and...

In life, we feel as if we deserve second chances under many circumstances. However, when it comes to the life of our motor vehicles, we are quick to toss them as soon as something goes south. For many cars, their only purpose is to hold memories. Unfortunately, since memories can’t cause the vehicle to run and, at times, fixing a “broken” vehicle costs more...

To some, this may be old news. But to others, such as myself, hearing about a company with fleet vehicles making only right turns is eye-catching. Alright, so UPS package delivery vehicles may be making some left-hand turns while en route, but definitely not a great amount of them. With past experience, UPS realized that while idling, sitting in the left-hand turn...

In the state of California, it isn’t uncommon that teens wait until they are the age of 18 or 19 to get their driver’s license. When teenagers turn 18, they no longer have to do all the extra requirements, such as driver training or have a time restriction. California lawmakers were beginning to see this pattern of teens waiting and moved to restrict the new...

We all have that one friend in the group—the one that is our voice of reason that makes suggestions. It’s never something we necessarily are required to do, but we feel guilty not doing them. That’s NHTSA’s roll in the driving world. They, along with the Department of Transportation (DOT), have made a whopping 281-page guideline report in regards to make it...