INTRODUCTION

The futuristic short story “A Nice Morning Drive” was originally published in the November 1973 issue of Road & Track. In this story, author Richard Foster anticipates a future in which safety requirements for new cars results in huge "Modern Safety Vehicles" (MSV). Foster predicts way back in 1973 that "cars became larger, heavier, less efficient. They consumed gasoline so voraciously that the United States had had to become a major ally with the Arabian countries."

Although not a science fiction in the truest sense, it is still retains enough speculative elements to qualify as such.

For those fans of the Canadian band, Rush, the following story is the basis for the song "Red Barchetta" on the Moving Pictures album.