Honor said she often sees NYPD traffic officers
handing out tickets to the cars of regular folk
whose meters have expired, but skip over the placarded
vehicles.
But on the other
hand, says O'Donnell —
whose Greenville, S.C. - based company manufactures a variety of pet products, including those designed for travel — when it comes to keeping pets safe and secure in
vehicles, many of these same «pet parents» seem oblivious of the potential dangers to the animal and to themselves.
... a feisty group of rogue Prius owners has taken the technology into their own
hands, by essentially «hacking» into their
vehicle systems and modifying the cars into plug - in models... It comes at a considerable cost, but for them the message is important: It can be done, and with mass production it can also be affordable... «Toyota's engineering of the system means it's not impossible to get to this second stage,» says Felix Kramer, founder of the California Cars Initiative,
whose sole mandate at the moment is to raise awareness of plug - in hybrids and to spur Toyota and other automakers into supporting it... Talking to Kramer, plug - in hybrids seem like a no - brainer.