Showing posts with label will you drive my car?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label will you drive my car?. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Sunday, November 03, 2013

Had a bad day....

Sometime, it is useful to think about what is going to happen AFTER you take the step you are considering.

This was one of those times, I guess.

Nod to WH.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Chevy: Losers wanted

Well Average is Over and Chevy has reacted appropriately.

If you are ugly, broke, unemployed, and hen-pecked, then the new Chevy Malibu may be just for you.

I am not making this up. They are flat out telling you:






Sunday, April 07, 2013

I Like to Watch

Predicting Young Drivers' Car Crashes: The Role of Music Video Viewing and the Playing of Driving Games. Results from a Prospective Cohort Study

Kathleen Beullens & Jan Van den Bulck
Media Psychology, Winter 2013, Pages 88-114

Abstract:
The aim of the study is to examine whether the playing of driving games and the viewing of music videos during adolescence predict crash involvement in emerging adulthood. A prospective cohort study (N = 471) with a five-year interval was used to measure adolescents' gender, media use, personality characteristics (baseline measurement), and crash involvement (follow-up). At baseline measurement (2006), respondents were 17 or 18 years old and did not yet have their driver's license. Data were analyzed by means of logistic regression analyses and the calculation of attributable risks. Respondents who watched music videos at least several times a week (OR = 4.319) or respondents who played drive'em up games at least a few times a month (OR = 3.125) had a heightened chance of being involved in a car crash five years later, even after controlling for their total media exposure, gender, and personality characteristics. Implications for prevention are discussed

Monday, December 17, 2012

Can we have "no-drive" cars?

Could we have cars with no drivers?

Maybe not, unless we had an America with no lawyers.

Who to sue?

"Anyone who gets into the convoy business will have a lot of legal work ahead of them "