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...towards the onramp. “Get in,” the driver says, her voice cracking. A plastic blowfish bath toy swings from the rearview mirror. The car smells like saccharin, like a new synthetic interior mixed with a kid come straight off the playground. The doughy-faced, front-seat passenger introduces us first to her 10-year-old daughter, sitting next to Simon, and then to the visibly nervous driver in front of me. While Simon tries to make the hosts feel more comfortable by talking movies, I silently catalogue the various offenses I might suspect...
...Friday night the 15th annual Eisner Awards were handed out. Having been a judge who helped choose the nominees (see TIME.comix coverage) I got a front-seat, complete with complimentary chips and guac. Eisner himself handed out the awards, bounding up and down the stage in spite of being 86 years old. Neil Gaiman (best known for his "Sandman" series) opened the ceremony with a keynote speech. His "State of the Comics Nation," as he called it, was generally sunny. "I don't think we're doing that badly at all," he said. He felt that comix had graduated from...
...riding in the passenger seat. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says about half of parents with pickup trucks, the vehicles that have air-bag cutoff switches, still don't use the switches as intended--to shut off the air bags and thus protect front-seat kids. Citing the "widespread misuse" of the switches, NHTSA recommended automakers develop air bags that can turn off automatically when a child is riding up front...
...built-in car-sickness detector, able to identify the motion-queasy before they get into the car and start whining, and instantly bar their entry. Surely it's not asking too much to expect cars of the future to incorporate a dainty but palpable electric shock that reminds front-seat passengers to keep their stupid feet off the dashboard...
...FRONT-SEAT DRIVER For the past 14 months, Progressive, the country's fifth-largest auto insurer, has been testing an optional pay-as-you-go system in Texas, using black boxes to track drivers' activity, including when and where they are going, via satellite. Monthly invoices are based on actual usage--the less you drive, the less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against...