Nah. Speed limits are perfectly legitimate. The ones on highways are just set based on unscientific and unethical fundraising rationales as opposed to safety or practicality. Honestly, as soon as there are no more funds to be raised from speeding the limits will probably go up on highways around the country.

Freedom of speech is the freedom to say what he wants without getting persecuted by his GOVERNMENT for doing so. It has nothing to do with private reprisals and it does not absolve him of all CONSEQUENCES of his actions and words.

I’ll give you a topic: Tesla’s Autopilot is neither auto nor a pilot. Discuss

There is no meaningful way for them to prevent this, aside from disabling mobile phones while they’re mobile. I’m so tired of living in a world where the lowest common denominators set the standards for EVERYTHING. If those people weren’t on their phones they would have been reading the newspaper or a book or doing…

There’s a reason why recovery licenses are a thing. That’s an actual skill that your buddy with his dad’s tractor likely doesn’t possess. Call a real tow truck.

Why was a BMW?

That’s odd. Here on Jalopnik the dummy is usually in the driver’s seat.

It will also hit middle class people and their responses will all be the same: figure out a way to reduce automobile costs. That might mean biking, finding a closer job, reducing trips, etc.

Indeed - I check both direction carefully when the light turns green - has saved my @ss a couple times from redlight running oblivious boogerheads, usually head down texting. Which means NOTHING irritates me more than getting the insta-honk when I have not finished that check before moving out. The usual result of…

as long as California keeps strict vehicle emissions it wont change much, since most automakers want to keep selling cars to 40 million Californians 

But he had the hazards on so that made it ok to park there.

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Quite possibly but they are sitting on the line building boost. It is possible they are tuned for more power and shortly after they leave the line the coal clears up. Any intelligent tuner knows rolling coal is bullshit and it doesn’t make power.

And not just the SSR. The HHR, PT Cruiser, Prowler, and the New Thunderbird all suffered the same fate.

Beyond that, even if tariffs were slapped on imports to try and force manufacturing back into the US, most of those manufacturing jobs will be done by automation instead of manpower, most of the jobs that have been lost are low-skill. Buying equipment is cheaper in the long run than employing more people.

I like how Americans are so hardcore about social justice yet don’t mind when we employ slaves overseas when it pleases our lifestyles.

McFly I have your part of 48 pack of cars towed all the way back to your house and all you have for me is light beer?

Thakfully, American translates to Australian pretty easily.