“The Jetsons had them in the 1960s. They were the defining element of 'Knight Rider' in the 1980s: cars that drive themselves. Self-driving cars appear in countless science fiction movies. By Hollywood standards, they are so normal we don't even notice them. But in real life, they still don't exist. What if you could buy one today?” IfsStillsRealSelfTodayFictionCarElementsNormalStandardsHollywoodScience FictionDrivingReal LifeWhat IfDefining1960sKnightsRidersScience Fiction MovieDriving Cars Author:Sebastian Thrun
“I couldn't do my show without spending 12 years on the streets of Humboldt Park. It made me a better interrogator. Still, if they had taken me out of my squad car and gave me a show, I would've been terrible. But on 'Springer,' the spotlight was on Jerry and I got to grow up within the show.” IfsYearsMadeStillsShowsGrowsGrowing UpTakenStreetsCarTerribleSpendingParksJerrySpotlightSquad Author:Steve Wilkos
“You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate... to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door... he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small.” StillsGuyFoundSidesHalfDoorsCarTablesShoesSizePossessionCoffeeHolesBarackPresidentialCandidatesDecentPairsSenatorsPassengersPavementPresidential CandidateDumpstersSimple Guy Author:Michelle Obama
“My father earned every penny he had, and I would have loved to have bought him a Rolls-Royce because his whole life was cars. Sadly, he didn't live to see the day when I could have done that for him, which still hurts.” StillsDoneWholeFatherHurtCarWhole LifePenniesRolls Royce Author:Bruce Forsyth
“On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.” StillsLevelsAttentionImpossibleCarChangedDaughterUnhappyMy DaughterPoolMondayBeing Unhappy Author:Michael Tolkin
“The Ford Falcon holds the proud title of Slowest Car Ever Built. In certain areas of the country you can go to a stoplight and find Falcon drivers who pressed down on their accelerators in 1963 and are still waiting for their cars to move.” StillsCountryMovingCertainWaitingCarProudBuiltAreasTitlesDriversFalcon Book:Dave Barry Talks Back Source: Dave Barry Talks Back
“I didn't know anything until December 2004 when I went to purchase a vehicle and was told there was a foreclosure on my credit and I wouldn't be able to get the car. I've still got a red flag on my credit.” KnowsStillsAbleCarRedCreditFlagsVehicleDecemberRed FlagsForeclosure Author:Claude Brown
“John McCain said that Sarah Palin is still a force in the Republican Party. Then he got in his car and backed over his mailbox.” SaidStillsForcePartyCarRepublicanRepublican PartyMccainPalinMailboxes Author:David Letterman