Jerry’s Blog–Because Wit Happens

It has not occurred to the roads department of Durham, North Carolina, to dig down and repave so that this kind of thing–happening since the 1950s–stops happening. Meanwhile, your tax dollars and insurance premiums at work:

From Al-Jazeera:

Back on March 12th, I posted that: “In the 24 cases where driver age was reported or readily inferred, the drivers included those of the ages 60, 61, 63, 66, 68, 71, 72, 72, 77, 79, 83, 85, 89—and I’m leaving out the son whose age wasn’t identified, but whose 94-year-old father died as a passenger” (from the WASHINGTON EXAMINER).

From the WALL STREET JOURNAL:

The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that at the time of the crashes, throttles were wide open and the brakes were not engaged, people familiar with the findings said.

The results suggest that some drivers who said their Toyota and Lexus vehicles surged out of control were mistakenly flooring the accelerator when they intended to jam on the brakes….[Rest of article]

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Maybe it’s time to take a look at when we should be taking Grandpa’s license away.

At last, my flying car is almost ready:

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From FAST COMPANY:

Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s stubbornly immovable president, has long resisted in-game technology to assist soccer referees. But after two more blown calls on Sunday threatened to overshadow the World Cup, he inched toward acknowledging what a worldwide audience could see for themselves: Soccer is ready for the 21st century.

England’s Frank Lampard was robbed of an obvious goal by out-of-position officials in a loss to Germany. And Argentina’s Carlos Tevez scored an off-sides (read: illegal) goal that was allowed in a win over Mexico. Blatter apologized to the English and Mexican teams. “It would be nonsense not to reopen the file on goal-line technology,” he told the media.

Here’s a sensible game plan — plus coaching from an innovator in goal line technology — for late-adopters Blatter and FIFA….[Rest of Article]