Professional Driver, Closed Course

We’ve all seen those car commercials. Feats of driving skill on display, whether it’s a high end sedan coursing through snow or a series of cars separating at top speed along a sandy highway or a dark SUV swirling and weaving along a winding road. (I work in advertising as my day job – I could keep going on car ad tropes all day….)

In every case, if you look at the fine print at the bottom of your TV screen, you’ll see the notation, “Professional Driver, Closed Course.” It’s a legal disclaime...