Everyday Disasters

Category: Vehicle Safety

  • Toyota Dashboard Safety – Maintenance Icons

    Quick and Cheap Oil Change didn’t reset the maintenance required light on the dashboard – causing me to discover that in Toyota cars it overrides the door open icon. (Quick – what is more important – knowing that your child might fall out or that you’re overdue for an oil change? Who makes these decisions?)

  • Seeing Red on the Sidewalk

    Bergen County has some of the best traffic markings in the country. Signs showing directions to other towns are plentiful, lights are intelligent and crosswalks are clearly marked. Several years ago they started painting the sidewalks at corners red. This is an eyesore that people gladly accept because . . .

  • NJ and Your Wallet – Traffic Court Wastes Taxpayer Money?

    I had to flip a car to discover a way for the state to save money . . .

  • Old Joke – What Would Jesus Drive?

    My daughter started her first day at a Catholic School for girls today. In surfing the web I realize that there are parts of the Bible my husband (a Jewish, motorcycle-riding, Philosophy major) & I may have neglected to explain. To help with this: Most people assume WWJD is for “What would Jesus do?” But…

  • Toyota Highlander Hybrid – Safety Not in the Details – Dashboard icons

    I love the idea of my hybrid – gas station visits no longer require trips to the bank with a wheelbarrow (just small knapsacks) and if I’m sitting waiting for teenagers the electric motor means I’m not generating smog.  But is it really more important to know that maintenance is required than my daughter left…

  • More on Dangerous Municipal Truck Flashers

     Not that I have the least idea if truck flashers that were painful to look at were the root of this accident but it’s what I dread. Closer to home, the son of one of my church’s members used to earn his paycheck collecting trash until one foggy morning a driver pinned him against the…

  • DPW Truck Flashers – Hazardous to Worker Health?

    When new ‘safety equipment’ for municipal workers is required in NJ how extensively is it tested? The strobe lights that are showing up on trash trucks and police cars make me wonder.