The Convincer safety belt demonstration machine

Last week, the importance of wearing your safety belt was plain to not just see, but to experience first-hand. The Connecticut State Police and the University of Hartford Public Safety Department worked together to show students why it’s so important to wear safety belts as they put students into “The Convincer,” a fairly simple machine that…

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I have a new hero. Alexei “The Punisher” Volkov. Not to be confused the Russian arms dealer who plagued Chuck, Alexei Volkov is a Russian bus driver in Zelenograd who flat refuses to yield whenever anyone tries to cut him off. Whenever a car abruptly pulls in front of his following distance so that he’s forced…

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