A point the article missed is that the vast majority of Uber / Lyft drivers are terrible drivers. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I see rideshare vehicles doing the following:

The Euro 4C is lighter than the Miata. USA spec has additional crash structures, heavier tub, airbags, etc. required by US law that makes it a bit heavier. It also has A/C and radio stock, which the Euro ones did not.

The problem is that the chassis and bolt inserts can move relative to one another, so the tightening down is needed no matter what. Loctite would keep the bolts from backing out, but they will still shift around a bit, and could even damage the carbon tub ($$$).

It’s actually supposed to be an annual service, though many dealers recommend every 10-12k miles if the car isn’t driven much. I’ve never heard of a car having more than 1 or 2 bolts loose, and they are always the same ones.

Every single road car post 1980 has brakes that are capable of stopping the car with a stuck accelerator. Period. No car exists that brakes more slowly than it accelerates.

Even with all the penalties on leasing these days, they still make sense when they are for business purposes, since you can write them off.

What Mini is faster than an S3? Must be quite heavily modded.

Linebackers were out of position as well - the post/slant from #82 drew both of them, the mike pointed at the RB releasing late and the other LB just kept following #82.

Right, but for a given BMI or height/weight ratio, men naturally have more muscle mass than women.

Yes, the system needs to be fixed to allow more female drviers to reach F3/F2/F1. There have never been any female GP2/F2 drivers to my knowledge, and the women who did drive in F1 were dreadfully slow. The only female to ever score a point, Lella Lombardi, was 2.5s to 9s slower in qualifying (depending on the track)…

That’s actually not an interesting fact, because it isn’t true for anything under 2.5 hours, which is still longer than your average F1 race.

It’s the same principle. Maybe men don’t have a colossal advantage over women in terms of raw pace in top level single seater racing, but they do have an advantage because of their greater muscle mass, however small the advantage may be.

Think about it this way. If Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, etc. are training as hard as they can for 6-8 hours per day to get into something resembling racing shape, how much more would a woman have to train to reach the same strength/fitness level?

I wouldn’t call it low output though. Over a 1.5 hour race, the average heart rate is around 170bpm, with a max of 190bpm. Drivers burn around 900-1000 calories per hour and can lose 6.6 pounds of fluids.

I don’t think “strength” is the right word for it. Maybe stamina or endurance would be better. Yes, there are women in your gym stronger than Lewis Hamilton. No, they cannot apply 150kg of brake force 6x a lap for 70 laps AND be pinpoint precise to not have an accident/collision AND also have up to 6G on their necks…

Dany Behar was blasted by a lot of industry people, and certainly had his personal issues, but the future plans he laid out for Lotus were exactly what they needed to do. This cash infusion will allow them to do exactly that. Cool to see.

There was definitely not a “T” shape before - more of an amorphous triangular paved area. Bringing stop bars up, providing drivers with a 90* (or close) approach angle, and providing clear pavement markings (no existing stop bars) is exactly how I would have “fixed”/improved this intersection. You would have some…

You seem really upset. Maybe calm down a little.

And you seem to think that because you claim to have “studied a bit of traffic engineering”, you “know” the slightest bit about what you’re talking about. Which you don’t. Sorry.

Traffic engineer for 5 years here.