Tag Archives: driver

‘All about the money’: Motorists plagued by sky-high Calif. traffic ticket fines

Casey Campbell served two tours in Iraq, but the fight of his life is in California. After driving without a seat belt and no front plate, he got a $25 traffic ticket that jumped to $300 with assessments and surcharges.…

2016 Honda Pilot Test Drive

Want to feel like a celebrity? Forget the Lamborghini. Save the quarter-million bucks and buy a Honda Pilot instead. I’m serious. The all-new 2016 model I tested had the townsfolk swarming around it like bees to sweet, sweet crossover honey…

States flouting post-9/11 ID law, giving cards to illegal immigrants that mirror licenses

After the 9/11 attacks, Congress passed the REAL ID Act to prevent foreign nationals from fraudulently obtaining a U.S. driver’s license — by requiring that any ID issued based on unverifiable foreign documents look different in “design or color” from…

2016 Chevrolet Malibu: more tech, more space, less weight

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is nearly 300 pounds lighter and has wheelbase thatâs been stretched nearly 4 inches, making it more fuel efficient, more functional and more agile. Chevrolet’s Malibu has just undergone its most substantial redesign in perhaps the…

Washington county considering ‘book and release’ policy for criminal defendants

King County in Washington State could be about to get a lot softer on crime. County Executive Dow Constantine announced that if judges, prosecutors and public defenders can’t figure out a way to speed up the time it takes criminal…

China’s cotton stockpiling threatens to devastate American producers

AIKEN, S.C. – The Unites States is the third-largest producer of cotton, a product that everyone wears, everyone uses. But that may not be enough to ensure the security of the American cotton industry, with China now a major player…

Larry Gatlin’s free advice for Mayor Bloomberg

(Reuters) Big hat, no cattle. ; Or… Big bottle, no sugar. ; I saw a bumper sticker in Nashville a while back that read, “We don’t give a rat’s a** how you do it up North.” (Don’t ya just love…

7 Ways to Avoid the Winter Funk

The coming of winter is a celebration of color — first the leaves cycle through brilliant shades of orange and red, and soon the skies change and suddenly every square inch is coated with shimmering snowy white. For many, however,…