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I am a copy editor at a small newspaper. I don't often see stories having to do with motor vehicles and/or the way they work and/or their dynamics, but one hits my computer screen every so often, usually in connection to a get-away car, or a cop chase, or emissions or safety laws, or something. I've concluded that nobody among this generation of reporters and city editors, knows or cares how cars and trucks work. Nobody. And they don't appear to know, or care, what they don't know. This surprises me, given the fundamental nature of this technology. When these kinds of problems arise, I fix what I can, when I can. But it seems a losing battle. I see this with other subject matter as well.