How a denied interview lead to a more interesting breaking story

chargingroadA few months ago, I read about DSRC being used to warn bicyclists and cars of the potential danger of them crashing into each other. I watched an interesting video on YouTube from Honda. I pitched an article on DSRC to a publication which accepted the idea.

It took a week of emails and phone calls to Honda PR and finally they informed me that they would not give an interview.  I don’t know if the PR department put a stop on the interview or if the publication was not big enough for them. 

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