While if you ask me "academically, show me 'America' on the map", I will point to multiple continents, the reality is that as a set of states, we can only call ourselves "Americans". Our only other option is to be called by our state, which in my case would be a "Washingtonian". However if I wanted to make a bond with…

Who gets slapped on the ass by some wings.

"#Volkswagen, women engineers exist and they exist for more than just to be sexually harassed."

I'm not sure what bugs me more, the car, or the VVS.

"Cities in the north DO NOT shut down like this."

Never get out of the car? At what point does that end? 2 hours of no movement? 6? What about 12 hours, at which point you've probably had to decide whether to run out of gas or start getting really cold. A poster here says its 15 degrees this morning, and a weather station recorded 11 degrees. So at 18-20 hours can a…

Wait, so you're suggesting that the economics of a localized area will cause lower income to leave while higher incomes move in? OMG, wait, what if an area becomes worse off and wealthy people leave? Shit, the housing might become cheaper and lower income might move in! It's almost as if we don't live in a world where…

I'm not sure why (according to the title) this is a scam. After reading the entire article the last few lines really sum it up:

Actually, it's called that to keep people from knowing how green it is. Greenland is a lot worse than Iceland is. True Story.

I love seeing stuff like this. It's good to remind people that Cops do a lot more good shit than bad, even if not all of it makes for good sensationlist youtube forwards. Bets are there were 10 other people watching that could have helped her but instead said "fuckit, not my problem!". Not that I blame them per-say,…

Enlighten me as to the significance of the license plate?

"Also, you sound a bit snobby European when you say it's only fun in a straight line"

Perhaps. Or perhaps drunks just have far more "minor" accidents at lower speeds, and that gives the impression that they "walk away" from more accidents? And again the T-Bone scenario of a drunk running a read light leaves the drunk with all safety equipment working for him/her, and very little of it working for the…

Quite right! So even if you want to throw out ethics of any kind for a second and use pure Darwinism to guide your policies, you'd still want safe vehicles. This is due to the potential for losing life that didn't do anything to win the award, with is highly unproductive to a society and to the gene pool.

I absolutely agree that the drivers training in the USA is abysmal. But even with perfect training you can't prevent 400 million people from ever making a mistake with one of the most common deadly weapons in America (a vehicle). And while I'm all for getting rid of stupid warning labels on things that should be…

"As an aside, drunk drivers are much more likely to survive or avoid injury in traffic accidents because they often don't see the accident coming, which leaves their muscles loose and their bodies relaxed"

You, Sir, have just won the internet for the day. Way to up the intellectual level of your post while also ignoring his trolling personal jabs. Many strong jalops have not stood as strong as you :)

"Yep. Safety stuff is great and all, but most "accidents" are because vehicle operators are inadequately skilled/trained, or not giving the task at hand sufficient attention."

"After watching a Bronco t-bone and total a Grand Am while only bending its billet grille, I understood why my mom wanted me to have my Bronco as my first car."

My guess is that a former F1 doctor is not forgetting the athletic shape of this particular patient. Also, by "not return the same" you do realize that it won't take much loss for him to never race in F1 again, right? If I lose 5% of my reflexive ability (or anything else) I may not even really notice, and can…