Eric Peters has been writing about cars for the past 20 years; he is the author of "Automotive Atrocities" (2004) and "Road Hogs" (spring 2011), a former editorial writer/columnist for The Washington Times, a contributor to Cars.Com, The CarConnection.com and AOL Autos, among others. He has written for the Detroit News and Free Press, the Chicago Tribune, Investors Business Daily and National review. He currently lives with his wife in rural SW Virginia, where the traffic is light and the cops are few. Visit www.epautos.com for more, including write-ups of the latest cars and trucks, rants about politics and lots of other stuff, too.