The point isn’t just the time in court, although there are lots of costs there from the Judge and lawyers to ancillary personnel, the overhead associated with the court room, etc... But it is really the paperwork that has to be generated to get there along with the officer’s time to write up the reports and the…

There seems to be some confusion on this point, maybe not you, but some. I am not defending, just stating.

This isn’t going to help the manager’s attitude, only the worker’s.

But it doesn’t cost $1000 to “prosecute” somebody who’s driving with a suspended license.

The two separate holes on the top of the aircraft are (Front to back): 1 The vertical lift fan, with the single door that opens to the front; 2 the auxiliary engine inlet with two doors opening to the sides. The aux inlet is opened on the top to prevent debris kicked up by the fan from being sucked into the front…

It may be marketing, but every Harrier pilot that has done a vertical landing in an F-35 has commented about how much easier it is in the F-35.

the most powerful laser you can buy off the shelf is 0.005 watts;

I would guess that the US bike makers know they can’t compete in that market and instead sit on their ridiculously high margins for their cruisers, baggers, and touring bikes. Not to mention that Harley makes huge bank on accessories and branding.

Maybe it is because to stop a wheelie you slow down. To stop a stoppie you have to stop slowing down. You can panic stop from a wheelie, but not from a stoppie. (I’m making this up).

I don’t hit a lot of traffic where I live so I don’t really have a horse in this race, though I do think it would be nice to filter sometimes. In a practical sense I doubt that this law will make any difference. That said, the conclusions being drawn are not necessarily supported by the data. I need to do more…

If the “permanent record” were a real thing I’d be spending my entire adult life flipping burgers, emptying garbage, or selling used cars. (not that there’s anything wrong with that.) Instead I continued my education and am doing quite well professionally and financially (if I do say so myself).

It isn’t really legal. It just hasn’t been specifically outlawed by name. There are several laws in California that could be used to enforce a no-splitting policy...

When they say it isn’t illegal, they mean it isn’t spelled out as ‘lane splitting.’ There are laws on the books that could be used to prevent splitting (and are in other states). Such as... Signal to change lanes, no unsafe lane changes, vehicle entitled to the exclusive use of the entire width of the lane it…

Interesting point. In most states a vehicle is entitled to exclusive use of the entire width of the lane. It isn’t legal to split where I live, but often I will shift my position WITHIN my lane a little left or right to avoid debris or a pothole. I try to keep awareness but I don’t look back the same way I do when I’m…

Don’t tell me someone spends $10K on a bike without liquid cooling in the 21st century

Note: I read the summary of the study but have not poured through all the data and the specific criteria for each category. The Berkley study didn’t really make a clear conclusion, at least in the summary, that splitting was inherently safer. What I got out of it was that riders who split tend to be safer riders in…

The difference is that when you’re in traffic, the speed differential is greater when you split.

Good point. The other issue with auto-rotation is the forward speed relative to altitude. To successfully auto-rotate you need at least one and hopefully two of the following: 1. High starting rotor RPM and fast recognition/reaction; 2. Good starting altitude; 3. High starting forward speed.

1. Beer is not a fair comparison. If he paid for it, he gets it. Full stop. I saw no other information about anyone else asking for a full, unopened soda. The question about the zone had more to do with whether the other passenger paid for the beer or it was free. Up front my beer has always come in a glass, in the…

Was this in first class or or coach? Generally you pay for beer when sitting in the back and you expect and should get the whole can. The weapons excuse was not the truth, was stupid, and may have simply been a severe F-Up rather than outright bigotry. (Not necessarily racism, Muslim is not a race). I’ve had flight…