Daily Archives: 12/21/2019


US Agency, GM Discuss Deployment of Self-Driving Cars

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is holding talks with General Motors Co. on the automaker’s petition to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles on American roads without  steering wheels or other human controls, the head of the agency  said Friday. Acting NHTSA …


Junior Johnson, ‘Last American Hero,’ Dies at 88

Robert Glenn “Junior” Johnson, the moonshine runner turned NASCAR driver described as “The Last American Hero” by author Tom Wolfe in a 1965 article for Esquire, died Friday. He was 88.NASCAR announced the death of Johnson, the winner of 50 …