Continuing on the transportation theme from yesterday, today’s theme from the lunch-time news reading appears to be related to automobiles:
- A List for Click and Clack. Sent to me by a co-worker: The top five reasons cars break down. This is of particular interest because we keep getting an occasional check engine light on my wife’s car, which the shop indicates is the Catalytic Converter starting to fail. Perhaps we should have them check the spark plugs or the O2 sensor.
- Yellow Dots. USA Today has an interesting article on a program slowly spreading across the country called Yellow Dot. You put a yellow dot on your window, and have a yellow dot folder with emergency medical information in your glove compartment to help emergency responders. Interesting idea. Related to this is a NY Times article that answers the question: Who are those doctors that answer the “is there a doctor onboard?” calls on an airplane?
- Teen Drivers. An interesting article from the Sunday LA Times on auto insurance rates for teen drivers. This is something I’ll be facing shortly, as my daughter is being formally added to our policy when we renew in June. Will AAA be the best bet? Perhaps I should shop around for her policy.
