Opinion Archive

  • Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Autoline on Autoblog Ever since automobiles first appeared over 100 years ago, every automaker has tried to make them go faster. And they succeeded. Nearly every year, cars became more powerful with higher top-end speeds. But then, in the mid-1950s, we hit a plateau. The national...

    Opinion: Time to raise the speed limit, how does 150 MPH sound?

    Posted on April 12, 2011 | No Comments
    Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Autoline on Autoblog Ever since automobiles first appeared over 100 years ago, every automaker has tried to make them go faster. And they succeeded. Nearly every year, cars became more powerful with higher top-end speeds. But then, in the mid-1950s, we hit a plateau. The national...

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  • Filed under: Safety, Autoline on Autoblog It took ten months. It involved the best brains in the nation. They conducted exhaustive tests. And Lord knows what it all cost. But when it was over, the results were totally predictable. The U.S. Department of Transportation could find nothing wrong with Toyota...

    Opinion: Five Questions For Ray LaHood

    Posted on February 23, 2011 | No Comments
    Filed under: Safety, Autoline on Autoblog It took ten months. It involved the best brains in the nation. They conducted exhaustive tests. And Lord knows what it all cost. But when it was over, the results were totally predictable. The U.S. Department of Transportation could find nothing wrong with Toyota...

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