I was driving home a few nights ago from a hockey game in Tampa, Florida, and as it does ever now and then, inspiration struck me hard.
It was around midnight, and I was enjoying a dose of GABA generated by that lovely sensation of night driving on a fully-lit highway. The sodium lamps were on [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 28, 2007
The Case for Speed Derestriction in the US
December 18, 2007
The Thrill of Night Driving
What is it about driving at night? The chilled air? No bugs? No overpowering sunlight? Sparse traffic? Why is it just so…. cool?
In Michael Mann’s crime thriller masterpiece Collateral, Max tells Vincent why he likes driving at night. “People are more relaxed,” says Max. Is it relaxation that makes night driving so sumptuously cool? [...]
December 5, 2007
Driving the Aston Martin DBS
The Emotional Control Unit of the Aston Martin DBS has been making me moody for a good few days now. My emotions have been running extremely high; and that’s a good thing. Since I’ve been driving around in the Aston, I feel sort of like the unpopular kid in high school who, by some [...]