Automotive Archive
Technology tends to advance much faster than we realize. In the case of cell phones, we can look back only a few years prior and be shocked at what we used to consider high end. Audio equipment, on the other hand, doesn’t seem quite as revolutionary. A five-year-old pair of headphones might not be quite as good as a modern set, but many people would …
These days, you can’t be too careful about automotive security. And car thieves are savvy about circumventing regular alarms. They’ll either target cars without an alarm system, or they use a hacked keyless entry system to make your car think they’re authorized to open the door. Either way, the end result is the same: you leave your house to go to work, and you find …
Radar ahead can mean danger. It could mean you’re being sighted by the radar gun of a police officer, or are coming up on the radar of a traffic light camera. It could be worse. Whatever the case may be, it helps to know what’s on the road ahead of you. Which is precisely why a lot of people are drawn to radar laser detectors. …
Road flares are a safety essential, but disposable flares have pretty clear drawbacks. Rechargeable road flares can be used as equally effective emergency lights, or even superior lighting thanks to the addition of attention-grabbing flashing patterns. They’re useful for novelty lights, workshop safety, industrial equipment identifiers, and even for party lights. All in all, they’re a perfect replacement for incendiary flares, and have applications to …
If you’re driving between cities, then you probably don’t need more help with navigation than you can get from your smartphone. When you’re staying on the known roads, things tend to be much easier. But how about people who are out on lesser known roads? How about unmapped roads that are only used by locals? And how about people who are off the road altogether? …
