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NHTSA is considering mandating all rear turn signals come in amber on evidence they are 5.3% better at preventing crashes over red. A separate study found NHTSA just got 5.3% more anal. [Cars.com via Autoblog] More »
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When I got my first beater car as a proto-hoon of 16, my dad had some excellent advice, straight from the Midwestern heartland where he learned about wrenching: "Son," he said, squinting at my barely-running Corona, popping the top on his can of Old Milwaukee, and taking a mighty swig, "You need to get yourself a JC Whitney catalog!" He knew the address by heart: JC Whitney, Chicago, Illinois, so that's what I wrote on the postcard requesting my first catalog. Soon the first of many wonderful pulp-paper treasures appeared in my mailbox, straight from the City Of The Big Shoulders... More »
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We love technological innovations. Everything from butt warmers, anti-fog windshields and iPod connectors. If it's able to help make your drive more comfy — we're all for it. We've got a corollary to that as well — and that's technology helping you drive more safely. Like this little toy called LaneFX — made by Drivaware. The LaneFX supposedly turns your ol' and busted turn signal into the new hotness Drivaware calls an "active blind spot exposure system." We don't know what that marketing-speak means, but we've divined from the pics what we think is the intent of the "system" — it moves your power mirror outward to "sweep and expose your blind spot" when you hit the turn signal. Sounds pretty neat if it were free — but at $296 it's too rich for our blood. We'll stick to the time tested "glance over your shoulder and pray" methodology. More »
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