obApi('track', 'Click'); iDriveSoCal Headlines for the week of December 18th, 2017 include Crystal Ball predictions from Fortune magazine. Will California be one of the states predicted to ban texting while walking? How many deer are expected to be killed by autonomous cars being tested? And will Elon Musk throw Tesla’s hat in the ring of mega-tech-companies pursuing flying cars? And speaking of Elon Musk’s hats – his Boring Company is selecting 10 lucky winners to tour the tunnels they’ve created under Los Angeles. All you have to do to be one of them is buy a hat! And coming up on iDriveSoCal this week; with Thursday, December 21st being the first day of winter – it’s time to Winterize Your Wheels. Ruben Serna, Service Director, from Rock Honda offers up some tips and what we can expect from the next generation of high-tech automotive service departments. Plus, Clinton “The Professor” Quan joins us as our newest contributor. As a transportation engineer and automotive aficionado Clinton is the perfect addition to our team and we’re thrilled to have him. For his first assignment we send him to the LA Auto Show and he brings back his top picks coming to showroom floors near you! ***Transcript*** Recording date – December 18, 2017 Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal the podcast all about mobility in the automotive capital of the United States – Southern California. I’m Tom Smith with the latest in mobility news: The 2018 Crystal Ball predictions are out from Fortune Magazine. Highlights include; Banning texting while walking. The monthly rag says some states will follow Honolulu’s lead in its implementation of a new Distracted Walking Law. Another prediction; Deer Hunters will have competition from Autonomous Cars. As hundreds more driverless test vehicles hit the streets they’re likely to hit other stuff too – kangaroos from Down Under were also mentioned. And they’re predicting Tesla to give us wings – sort-of. While Uber, and Alphabet backed Kitty Hawk progress with their flying car concepts Crystal Ball has Elon Musk throwing Tesla’s hat into the arena as well. And speaking of Elon Musk’s hats; The Boring Company which is creating tunnels for new super-highways under the city of Los Angeles has a cool new pitch. This coming directly from Musk’s Twitter feed. Anyone who buys one of their company branded baseball caps gets entered into a random drawing to tour the tunnels. Ten lucky winners will be announced. And no kidding; I bought two hats. Now Elon – how about that podcast interview? Come on man – you were once part of a scrappy start-up too. We’ll do the podcast, I’ll post it on our Twitter feed. You can repost it and we’ll watch those engagement numbers spin like slot machine rollers! I’ll give you access to our 40 followers and you can open us up to your 40-million. It’s just good business man – totally makes sense. And that’s what’s happening in mobility news. Coming up this week on iDrive SoCal. The first day of winter is upon us. Thursday, December 21st marks the first official day of the season. And even though you may be here in Southern California, Winterizing your Wheels is actually a thing. And, now is a great time to address the obvious and not so obvious workings of your car. Ruben Serna: I think the main focus,
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