There has been quite a bit of coverage regarding the advent of self driving cars this year. Having spent my share of time commuting in and out of Manhattan, I had plenty of hours to daydream about how hard it would be to implement—but, boy, what tremendous benefit it would be to my productivity! And the thing about rush hour: you know you are not alone, so obviously those benefits will multiply really fast. Clearly, the benefits so dramatically outweigh the costs that autonomous driving technology is actually far ahead of where I would have predicted during one of those traffic-induced daydreams.
Author Archives: Stan York
Some Assembly Required
Customized pizza? It almost sounds silly. A Blaze Pizza franchise opened in our town this year and it is really quite amazing. Sure they feature a super-thin crust, which violates my New York-style pizza roots, but they use quality ingredients to create my very own tasty and satisfying pizza in about 5 minutes.
Build It and They Will Come
Have you seen Field of Dreams? You may recall it as a sentimental fairy tail with a feel good ending. But is it about building a ball field in a strange place? Or is it about having a vision that connects dots no one else can see? Or about seeing that vision through to its logical conclusion?
Who’s on Your Team?
Not too long ago, our communications team How about Just Three!
On page 16 of the Virginia driver’s manual it states that when approaching or passing a person riding a bicycle, you should pass three feet to the left of the rider. As I ride, I see plenty of ambiguous “share the road” and “3 feet please” signs. Fortunately, most drivers these days seem to get it right: for example, on two-lane country roads, passing with the driver’s tires on or near the double yellow line works well. Three feet is roughly an arms reach, so assuming road conditions allow me to ride near the white line, the driver can line up their shoulder with the center lines and be virtually assured of giving me more than the intended three feet.
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