Today’s technological advances have made shipping for consumers so easy and efficient, now waiting for our online orders to be delivered has made us love the mailman that much more. What in past took took over a week, is now being delivered in two days – and even the same day. Car shipping however is […]
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New Law Could Make Fixing Cars & Trucks Easier for DIYers
In 1998, President Clinton signed into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which was designed to prevent online companies from infringing on each other’s technologies, as well as protect software platforms and other forms of digital technology from copying, modification, or bypassing of protection encryption. One provision in the DMCA is a review every […]
Oregon Senator’s Bill to Connect Transportation Systems to Jobs
Reaching the areas where jobs are most plentiful has become a problem for many low-income Americans, who are now living in suburban areas. Many of these families have migrated to the suburbs because housing costs there are now lower than they are in cities, but are finding that the jobs they acquire—such as those in […]
SPY Car Act Would Protect Cars from Hackers
U.S. Senator Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts) introduced Bill S.1806 on July 21 for greater auto safety standards. Titled the SPY Car Act of 2015, it would “require used car dealers to repair defects in the vehicles they sell, eliminate caps on fines for automakers and impose criminal penalties on auto executives who knowingly hide deadly defects,” […]
Bill Would Require Collision Avoidance Systems as Standard in New Cars
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is considering legislation that would require U.S. auto regulators to include collision-avoidance system information in new car safety ratings. U.S. Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., proposed “The Safety Through Informed Consumers Act” (S.1535) on June 10, along with U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., […]