My family was coming back home to NJ from... somewhere in PA. We were on I-78... and were just a few miles into NJ when everything came to a complete stop. We hadn’t seen the collision, but it was only about 1/8 mile ahead of us. Apparently someone had fallen asleep at the wheel, crossed over the wide grass median,…

Lol. It wouldn’t be any more difficult! The rear doesn’t steer, but the pivot points so far behind the axles allow the whole thing to “train” along a single path without the rear axles drifting to the inside of a turn :P

This was the first image I found on Google. Its a bit odd, but it gets the point across methinks.

Yup! I drove them in Blacksburg Virginia (Virginia Tech), so our routes were twisty and curvy. I loved riding in the back and watching it flex all over the place.

Yup! They’re like gentle giants. I much preferred driving them over the 40-footers for a variety of reasons. They’re much easier to drive than you would be led to believe at first glance.

I know this isn’t comparable to a triple trailer, but it’s still a fun fact: I used to drive articulated transit buses. The long 60-footers you see running mainline routes in most cities. A standard “full size” transit bus is 40 feet. The articulated ones are 60 feet.

I used to love going to the roofs of parking decks back in college to watch the nasty thunderstorms that rolled through. One day, after watching the storm pass, I just kind of hung out and watched the sunset. I got into my car, and (the roof being completely empty), did a big, lazy, curving reverse maneuver to turn…

Try driving an old bus without power steering. I had to make a u turn by backing into someone's driveway on a narrow road, and I literally had to get out of the seat before I was able to crank the wheel hard over, lol.

Because of a small manufacturing error that was likely the result of one miscalibrated, or failing robot? You have to be joking. Shit happens.

“Since everyone is probably distracted, and staring at the plane that just landed, let me take this opportunity to swerve all over the road.”

Footage from the cockpit:

What are you talking about? It takes 6.5 seconds to hit 60. The Twins can do it in under 7 as well...

Ha! It took me a minute...

Well it wouldn't sell here anyway. It is about as fast to 60 as the Toyobaru, and nobody in this country wants one of those because they are "way too slow."

Much agreement!

Go on craigslist and see how cheap the German cars go for because nobody wants an older, German mechanical nightmare :P

Alternativelt, my personal experience is the opposite. My last Subaru made it to 286,000 before I sold it (did need the head gaskets replaced due to that known defect.) Meanwhile, my dad's much newer Audi A6 was ALWAYS in the shop for repairs. Even had to be towed once. He dumped it at just over 100k miles when he got…

The thing is that to those people, it’s more like being told that the HotWheels you want to buy costs $1.33, instead of $0.99. Like, are you really going to walk away from a HotWheels car you REALLY want over 34 cents? That IS 1/3 MORE than you were hoping to spend, but... it’s 33 cents.

There are plenty of reasons for this:

NVH: Modern cars are much quieter, and much more comfortable. The less vibrations, and noise, and “sensations of speed” you get, then the slower it will feel. It’s the reason why it’s so easy to speed when you rent a luxury car that rides so smoothly and quietly.

Visibility: Modern…

Well... as far as the accident and getting out of the plane... nobody on the ground probably did much of anything. The aircraft crashed unexpectedly immediately after takeoff. I doubt a single emergency vehicle arrived before all of the passengers had gotten out.