Some good car news and some bad car news out of The States over the last week or so.
I was in two minds about commenting on both until the above Post Title came in to my head for the second story and I just couldn't waste it.
But first, from Fox News of all places, some good news - unless you are a racist motorsports fan.
NASCAR's flag ban opens sport to diverse new crowd. It seems that having less symbols of oppression at a sports event means that you get more people turning up. The Confederate Flag has been banned from the circuits - the theory being that "for every fan who complained about lost heritage, someone new would discover a sport far more inclusive than initially perceived."
Turns out the theory was borne out - probably much to the annoyance of your typical Fox News viewer. Good.
The second story, from Car+Driver, is bad news - but only if you like to let your dog ride loose in the back of your pick-up in Utah or six other US States.
In Utah, Letting Dogs Ride in Pickup Truck Bed May Be Illegal Soon. A proposed bill, from a Democrat, "would make it illegal for people to drive faster than 40 mph with unrestrained dogs in the back of their truck. There are exceptions for working farm dogs and hunting dogs or if the sides of the bed are at least 46 inches tall." Apparently, there have been some horrific cases of dogs falling from vehicles killing themselves and injuring other road users.
I envisage Fox News reporting on this the same way that they reported that "Barack Obama wanted to ban all guns" - when he actually was trying to make their usage safer - for example by preventing terrorists from buying them.
There is another solution:
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