Monthly Archives: September 2015
Are National Parks and Cars Compatible?
Acadia National Park is being overrun with automobiles. Several times this summer, park officials have shut down the Cadillac Mountain Summit Road to alleviate the glut of cars. A recent Bangor Daily News story outlined traffic and parking problems in the park’s most popular areas, and reported that Acadia is struggling to preserve a natural […]
Why Do College Students Need Cars?
Self-Driving Cars Are Smarter Than Their Human Counterparts
I got a good laugh from a recent story in the New York Times (September 2) about the tribulations of Google’s experimental self-driving cars. It seems that the automated automobiles are too smart for their own good. Self-driving cars are miracles of modern technology, able to navigate the highways and byways of our complicated country […]