Keep Motion Sickness at Bay With This DIY Carsickness Prevention Kit
As the weather warms up, the season of road trips will shortly be upon us once more, and in a roundabout sort of way, so will the season of carsickness.…
What Exactly Is A PowerShift Transmission?
When I was shopping for my certified pre-owned car, I knew the Ford Focus and Fiesta would probably be a big part of my search. While researching the vehicles and their…
Celebrate Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday by Reading About His Visionary Self-Driving Vehicle
A working model of Leonardo da Vinci’s self-driving cart Photo: AM Today would have been the 566th birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, the original Renaissance man best known for dreaming…
Is It Possible for Your Car to Be Struck by Lightning? What Would Happen?
Being in the right place when a thunderstorm hits can have life-or-death importance. If there’s lightning travelling between the sky and the ground, it’s imperative to escape to a location…
Who Cleans up After a Car Accident?
If you’ve ever wondered who cleans up after a car crash, you’re not alone. We’ve done a bit of digging and unearthed some interesting facts that answer this question. Personalized…
Signs Your Vehicle Is Not Shifting Properly
Photo: The News Wheel If your vehicle is not shifting gears properly, this may be an indication that your vehicle is experiencing transmission problems. The longer these issues go unaddressed,…
Pokémon Go: Do’s and Don’ts of Driving
Follow these tips to ensure you’re being responsible and courteous Pokémon Go created something of a frenzy when it debuted more than three years ago. The mobile app was deemed…
3 Tips For Safely Transporting Plants
Spring is slowly inching closer, which means it is time to ready your garden and spruce up your landscaping. A stop at the garden shop always yields plenty of treasures,…
IIHS Study Confirms That Yes, Blind Spot Monitoring and Lane Departure Warnings Help Prevent Crashes
Automakers have, over the past few years, been feverishly equipping their new vehicles with driver-assist active safety features—some of the basic of which are lane departure warning and blind spot…
How to Prevent Sunburn While Driving
With temperatures on the rise, people are wearing fewer clothes. Heavy coats, scarves, boots, and layers have given way to short sleeves, shorter pants, and sandals. And, less clothes equals…
Dear People Who Shine Your Brights in My Face: You're the Worst
Photo: Lothar Wandtner via CC Growing up in the Midwest, I’ve spent a great deal of time driving down dark country roads. I always appreciated the sense of serenity. Silence…
8 Creative Engagement Proposal Ideas That Involve Cars
If your relationship is getting serious and you want to make an official legal commitment to each other, you’ve gotta start with a meaningful marriage proposal. Now it’s up to…
Safe Alternatives to Driveway Salt That Won’t Damage Your Car
After an overnight freeze, your driveway can be dangerous to walk and park on if it’s coated in ice. You can easily melt that sheet of slick snow or frozen…
Why Do People Give Their Cars Nicknames?
Photo: Chevrolet As you might expect from someone who writes about cars for a living, I think they’re pretty cool. Often, they seem to have a personality of their own,…
Cruise Automation Reveals Its First Fully-Driverless Car
GM’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, recently debuted its first 100 percent driverless car. It’s called Cruise Origin. GM intends this model for production sometime in the future. Here’s what…
