It makes me wonder...

It makes me wonder...

It certainly makes me wonder just why the car companies don't put out a basic car any more. These days the new cars are so loaded with gadgets and gizmos that the driver needs a computer class sometimes just to get in the car and start it, let alone drive it.

Two people I know have recently bought late model upscale cars and both had trouble understanding how to get the basic requirements to work. These were not older people but people that are used to cars and driving.

Most people especially older folk like me, want a no- fuss reliable, economical and comfortable car that will get them to their destination safely. They wants seats that can be adjusted easily so that their driving position suits them. They wants doors that they can lock and unlock without the car doing it for them. The same with windows. What was wrong with wind up windows with a handle?

 A basic car doesn't need a GPS monitor. If you are going somewhere you don't know check it out on a map or on the computer before you go. Driving with one eye and sometimes two, on the various screens within the car is dangerous.

We all know that driving and using the telephone is another no- no but people will still do it anyway whatever laws you have.So why not have a car made which will only record messages for you when the engine is running so you have to stop to make and receive calls.

Inattention while driving is what causes accidents and the cars these days have so many distractions built in to them for people to use that I really wonder we don't have a lot more accidents.

One last thought ,do you really need to eat a hamburger as you are driving?

Or put on your make up?

Or fiddle with the radio?

Or take a drink?

No wonder there are accidents.