This is exactly why in any reasonable discussion about speed limits you’ll hear about the 85th percentile rule. Many traffic engineering manuals recommend measuring the 85th percentile speed on a road in free flowing conditions and then setting the limit above that point.

As a Montanan,

Also when my wiper are iced I smacked them with the ice scraper until they are loose and then bang then against the glass until they are clear. no harm done. even at -25 oF

I don’t put my wipers up before snow, but not because I’m worried about damage to my car—I just don’t see the point. What does it accomplish? Wipers freezing to my windshield is not something that I’ve ever actually experienced (and yes I live where there is winter, in fact I was up before dawn today clearing snow off…

It’s almost like there are massive barriers-to-entry to that business that probably couldn’t be surmounted by one (or even a huge number) of people who are already forced, by the labor market, into a working situation that isn’t sustainable.

Your point might be better received if you skip out on the ‘wealth gap’ talk. That’s not a thing someone could make up by changing their shopping habits.

Clearly there’s a demand for the service, otherwise those companies wouldn’t be worth billions. If there is a service, the drivers are very clearly needed by those companies.

It’s rare that I agree with a Jalopnik writer, when it comes to anything legislative but this is the time. Uber, Lyft et al. do everything they can to pay the people who perform the service as little as legally (ilegally? IDK, not a lawyer or judge) possible. If your business can’t pay the people providing the service…

Great, now my Taco Bell order costs $50 and I just don’t order it, leaving the driver with $0 instead of the $5 they could’ve had.

The Hurt Report was done 40 years ago. The MAIDS report covered 920 accidents that happened in 1999-2000 in Europe. To put it in perspective close to 400 motorcycles die yearly in the US from being rear ended. 25% of all motorcycle accidents are rear end collisions. When you rule out operator error crashes, (where…

There’s supposed to be. I think in California it’s no faster than 10 mph than surrounding traffic, never at speeds above 45 mph (I think, it could be less), only on roads with 3+ lanes, never on the shoulders (at least the left one).

Higher crash rate by 12%, but what does it do to motorcycle fatalities? A lot of motorcycle fatalities are bikes getting rear ended, and lane splitting helps prevent that. Traffic roundabouts increase traffic accidents over intersections, but the accidents are typically minor in comparison to intersections, thus…

That’s what it is.

Big oil doesn’t need you to be an apologist for it. They have an immense history of knowing about climate change then denying it and actively working to oppose it. Don’t simp for a billion dollar industry that doesn’t care about you.

So no one is going to call it out as fake?

Okay, I’ll do it...

Fake!

It does! Ok you win this one, internet guy, and I stand corrected.  I hope you have a great day!

Motherfucker, PLEASE. The book isn’t anti-autonomous cars at all. I fucking WISH writing anti-Tesla articles made one tiny bit of difference on book sales. It doesn’t. And I’m not anti-Tesla. But if this is your reaction to this story, perhaps you should seek out your clergyperson or a trusted relative. Maybe a…

Haha, much, much rather have someone riding pillion than a backpack!

This. Contract is over. Get your stuff off our property.

I was called in to check the network security of an installation of CCTV cameras by a worried admin at a local council. By removing a single torx security screw (the tool is easy to get at any hardware store) holding the access panel closed at the base of the pole I discovered the camera PoE adapter plugged into a…