I don’t understand your question. Yes, they were sliding downhill. If they had released the brakes, they would have had a much better chance of steering away from the pile of mangled metal at the bottom of it. With tires locked, you will slide whichever way gravity dictates. With the tires rolling, you do have a tiny…

Meh. It definitely isn’t a super grippy surface, but ALL of the vehicles in this clip had all four wheels locked. That was the biggest mistake. If these people had let go of the brake pedal, they might have fared much better.

Winter tires actually can provide a lot more ice grip than people think. I ice race on studless winter tires. However, as with any tire, they don’t work when you’ve got your brakes locked. If these people had simply let go of the goddamned brake pedal, they would have been able to avoid this pileup.

I haven’t gone back and looked at the previous episodes again, but it was prominently displayed in the third episode, and considering they said they made a “bespoke” version of that clip for the next few years, I’m assuming they are slowly going to get more and more ridiculous. Just a guess.

OMG, on my way home from work yesterday, I went through four 4-way stop intersections within 60 seconds (short blocks) during rush hour. At the FIRST THREE, nobody knew how the fuck to proceed in an orderly fashion and I wound up sitting there like an idiot waiting for the people who were supposed to go to actually…

Haha, I refuse to street park my car. My apartment has underground parking (technically, I live in Evanston.)

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…

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…

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.