I am in full support of more driver training. We should use the Finnish model. I fundamentally don’t understand why Vision Zero types don’t go down this road - instead, they just try to put safety bumpers on every corner and make it more expensive to drive - and yet the size of one’s pocketbook has no bearing on…

OK, the Indy 500 probably isn’t a great example because it’s one of the most dangerous closed course races. But in general, you’re right.

I think you mean, “...if a much larger vehicle.” That’s the OP’s point - speed itself can’t explain crash frequency - only severity once it’s happened.

I’m confused. Weaving is just caused by a lack of lane discipline - keep right, pass left. Lane discipline is actually what keeps us safer, not arbitrarily lowering speed limits.

On most freeways, everyone can pick their own speed and there’s no reason why you can’t do well over 100 safely. Keep right, pass left, and everybody can choose the speed at which they are comfortable.

Wrong. The safest thing would be the transporter from Star Trek. Because that is just as real as full autonomy.

It’s been studied constantly for the past 50 years, and that’s one of the reasons why the 85th percentile rule is still in effect in states which haven’t been taken over by anti-car forces.

These are not safety experts; they're politicians being misinformed by cycling extremists.

Nothing. As long as everybody keeps right except to pass.

Check out the research on crash frequency versus speed. Most crashes involve a large speed differential - either somebody going much faster or much slower than the flow of traffic.

Statistically, the safest speed at which one can travel is 3-4 MPH above the general flow.

I think that the trick is to find the balancing point between reheating and cooking. Yeah, it’s still going to be more rubbery than when it was fresh out of the oven, and yes, you can reheat pizza in a frying pan in, like, 3 minutes... but it works!

“Applicant must have strong opinions on whether the glass-of-water trick works or not.”

GTI. None of the options matter, the base car is just as good.

Yep, that’s always how it works:

listening to loud music music .

How about this for an explanation:

Anybody who’s turned off by the complexity has options to either only vote for their top candidate, or not vote. (Which might not be a terrible thing if they can’t be bothered to figure out something so simple as, “But who’s your second choice?”)

How about “brain-to-vehicle?”

Also Monk, same basic idea.