Mercedes Streeter
Staff Writer at The Autopian
Senior Writer @The_Autopian, formerly of @Jalopnik. Student pilot, vehicle lover and trans woman navigating the world. Don't let anyone stop you from being you!
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4 days ago |
theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter
Don’t you ever wish that you could talk to the drivers in the vehicles in the immediate area? Maybe you want to warn them about a speed trap, tell them about a danger on the road, or just have a voice to talk to during a lonely solo road trip. The technology to do this has existed for the better part of a century, but nowadays it is largely relegated to a niche. The Citizens Band radio revolutionized communications.
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4 days ago |
theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter
The car owners of today are living in the future. Today’s cars can unlock themselves when you walk up to them, don’t have keyed ignitions, can be summoned to your position, and can even be controlled by the smartphone everyone has in their pockets. Modern cars are crazy intelligent and scary complex, and unfortunately, that can also hurt you. See that glorious key fob that your car uses?
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4 days ago |
theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter
The absolute coolest form of recreational vehicle is not what gets cranked out of Indiana, but what crafty individuals come up with. Just about anything with wheels can be turned into a camper, and old commercial vehicles have been a favored pick for builders for decades. This 1949 Olson Kurbmaster started life as a dependable aluminum-bodied delivery van. Then, in the 1970s, it was converted into a gloriously groovy camper van.
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5 days ago |
theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter
The straight truck is a critical component of logistics. These trucks are champions at hauling short-haul freight, moving families across the town or the country, and doing any kind of work that you don’t need a big tractor-trailer for. But these trucks also tend to be smaller than their heavy hauler counterparts. In 1950, the Fageol Twin Coach company tried to create the best of both worlds with the CargoLiner.
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6 days ago |
theautopian.com | Mercedes Streeter
“I shouldn’t have done that,” is a sentence I’ve uttered too many times to count. Usually, I do something that sounds like it could have been a good idea when I thought of it, but then the execution is so disastrous that I wonder why I’m even permitted to have a driver’s license or something resembling good things in life. Yep, I’ve done some terribly boneheaded things behind the wheel, and I want to know that I’m not alone. What’s the dumbest thing you’ve done behind the wheel?
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Automakers collectively sell *millions* of these vehicles a year. Slashing the tires of even thousands is basically a rounding error. Also, the tires being slashed are very likely to end up thrown away rather than recycled. That's antithetical to the group's climate mission.
Fox News: "Climate activists slash dozens of SUV tires in NYC, say 'major cities' across US to be hit next" American friends, together we can put SUVs in the dustbin of history. Check out our website to learn how, and start a group in your area! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/FpDO1WCSLf
Frederick Douglass was a leading abolitionist who fought for the rights of Black people. Justice Thomas is actively trying to take rights away. Maybe I'm missing something, but that makes Thomas an Uncle Tom, not a hero. And if he's our compass, we have some bad navigation...
Judge Thomas is our generation's Frederick Douglass. He's America's moral compass. He's a giant.
Here's an article so baffling that I didn't believe it until I read it. @smh wanted to out Rebel Wilson, but she didn't let them, instead coming out on her own. They pubbed a salty piece about how they didn't get to out Wilson and her partner. What a way to celebrate #PrideMonth.
