I live in Chicago now, but so far I’ve avoided any tickets!

Stance makes her dance...
...over every road imperfection.

That’s specifically why I chose purple. They use it to identify a funeral procession, which is exactly that - a bunch of cars trying to follow each other and not be separated!

Canada must be different. I’ve NEVER seen a green flashing light on a vehicle that I can think of. I know all my volunteer firefighter friends…

They’re definitely living up to their name...

The point of my post wasn’t the cost of the ticket... it was the absurdity of the parking situation at the medical center.

This. I think a lot of people are stuck on the “autonomous DRIVING” part of autonomous cars... which I agree would be useful. But if we could enhance our current emergency braking and avoidance safety features with a “neural network” using that technology, the benefits would be enormous, and this would also better…

I think we just need better driver education, rather than dumber cars. Maybe not everyone is supposed to pass their driver’s test!

I considered that the average person is too dumb to even use their signals to begin with, but the benefit to this is it doesn’t really pose a problem if someone doesn’t understand them. Plus, with enough common use, people will likely know what they mean, even if they don’t use them. (For example, every BMW driver…

To be fair, a lot of people are saying that if we wait 30 years to have this conversation, it won’t be humans having the conversation.

I honestly think there is lots of room for improvement in terms of vehicle indicators. I’ve often thought that some additional color-coded lights on cars could be useful (avoiding red and blue lights used by emergency vehicles). Using the hazards as an example:

Amber: Standard use meant to call attention to the vehicle…

I have a dumb question. Why do cars always grow? Why can’t they stay the same? I know “people are getting fatter” and such, but that is solved by the various models of car that each manufacturer offers.

Every few years a new “super small” version of a car is introduced, and inevitably, a few years later, it’s huge…

Wow. That’s awful.

I’m only just now seeing this thanks to another randomly late reply...
...all I can say is... fuck that lady.

Well I was looking at a car that only cost $27 grand new, so I wasn’t going to be saving nearly as much, lol (especially since it had only been out for 3 years). Also, the BRZ is... more likely to be abused... so I didn’t want that risk.

Also I just REAAAALLLYYY wanted a new car :P

I’m just wondering if the numbers would be different. The 15k miles figure is people-based. Meaning, the average person drives 15k miles a year. It’s not necessarily tied to the cars themselves (for example, if a household has two cars, do both cars, on average, rack up 15k miles a year?)

I’d be curious to see what the…

I’ve heard the average is more like around 15k, but I’ve seen various numbers.

Yeah, I’ve heard all sorts of averages, though. I’ve heard 12k, 15k, 18k... I’ve heard that the average for mens’ cars is higher than womens’ cars. It would be neat to see a comprehensive breakdown of average annual mileage by age group, sex, etc...

I’m super OCD. I dunno if I could ever buy my primary car used. I could totally do it for a second car, or a track car, or a beater, etc...

Also, I’ve only had one car prior to this one, and it was the ‘98 Outback my parents handed down to me back in 2006, and that one had 286,000 miles, so I really wanted a new car…

I’d be curious to know about average mileage for all cars on the road as well. For example, I have a 2015 Subaru BRZ, but I’m already approaching 40,000 miles. There are lots of people who drive more than me, but there are also a hell of a lot of people who drive much less. I’d be more interested to know at what point…

Not sure why Twister is in that compilation... I can’t remember a particularly bad scene offhand...