That they took out an insurance policy for 1,000,000 clams the day before is really not relevant...

Who brought the lemon and butter?

Maybe the pilot has just had a long fucking day and wants to have a cigarette in peace without a bunch of whiny bitch-ass passengers complaining about the smell and how smoking and flying is “dangerous” and you should have your hands at 10 and 2 or whatever on the yoke. I mean, fuck off.

It’s not about being “better” than everyone else.

Don’t even bother with these people.

That’s generally what I do.

But was there ever a good hardtop convertible? I personally liked the SL but it wasn’t exactly a mass market car. The new Miata isn’t really a hard top vert and the choice to make it not allow a rollbar was a mistake. Targas and lift tops (Jeep, Vette) I don’t count.

If you are in a place where there are no moose, having to avoid moose becomes not a problem at all. <shrug>. If you are in a place with moose, then the possibility of there being moose is taken into consideration when deciding what “speed appropriate for the conditions” is. <shrug, again>

Obviously the correct speed is the same for a 54' semi and a nimble sports car with big brakes.

Speed never kills. Losing tires; smashing into other cars; flipping a dozen times after catching a ditch; being unable to stop in time; being unable to have time to notice obstacles; losing traction due to maneuvering and spinning off into trees or abutments.

Subaru has had Starlink in their cars for years. No problem!

Probably put it there to wire it straight to the battery. Still stupid. 

From what you can see in the photo looks like he has just run bolts straight through the feet on the dish stand to fix it down, so clearly this is no engineering genius. A cheap set of roof bars would have solved this and saved the bodywork from nasty holes. Not to mention the ticket and internet fame of being a prize…

Right? The problem wasn't having a satellite dish on his car, it was having it ON THE HOOD obstructing his vision. 

Your local “collage" failed you.

Same here. It’s literally impossible to keep to the speed limit where I live because it’s all mountains. If you try to go the speed limit downhill, either you’re holding down your brakes the entire time and wearing those out, or you’re hoping you’ve downshifted into the right gear and that engine braking will keep you…

Once you have lane discipline speed becomes almost irrelevant.

Or, and hear me out because it may be hard to believe, you can speed up slightly and drive past her, never needing to worry about her again.

Conventional wisdom says that the most dangerous drivers—and the ones who cause deadly or injurious accidents—are impaired, distracted or otherwise unaware. Speeding in and of itself isn’t the killer, although speeding often occurs while driving distractedly.

Personally, I’ll fight it until the day I die. I try to drive slightly faster than the cars around me because I don’t want to sit next to Karen trying to text her best friend Becky at 70mph for 5 miles, barely keeping the car in her lane.