That’s not how power works. It doesn’t just evaporate.

It doesn’t matter how the speed limit was set when things have changed so much. Here in Chicago the speed limit on most highways is 55 MPH, but good luck doing that speed and NOT eventually chasing a collision given that outside of rush hour, traffic typically flows between 70 and 90 MPH. I drove my Caterham into the…

I’d argue that we should instead actually teach people how to drive, instead of handing out driver’s licenses like free candy.

But that’ll never happen, so maybe a happy medium would be banning right-on-red in city centers. There aren’t enough pedestrians in our car-centric suburban neighborhoods to, in my opinion,…

Yeah I should have worded that differently. All I meant was that they are ALWAYS paying attention, not SOMETIMES, and always to the degree that the designers deemed safe (in other words always focused on not hitting things to the same degree!)

“If you live in a municipality that allows driverless car testing, you may already be accustomed to taking your life in your hands every time you have to Frogger your way through a crosswalk.”

That old Camry is still taller ;)

The 2025 Forester compared to the one you have pictured is: 8 inches longer, 4 inches wider, 5 inches taller. It's not a BIG change, but those numbers add up to a much larger vehicle. 5 inches in height doesn't sound like much until you picture putting a 5 inch lift on a random vehicle.

So you’re saying we’d be better off continuing to let the grid fall apart? Nah. If it takes EV adoption for electric companies and politicians to finally realize that they can’t continue to neglect a power grid that has been falling apart for decades, then that is a good thing.

Oppo when people flip cars: “Fuck these people. OEMs need to make it harder for people to do this bullshit.”

F1 Vegas: Drift Edition

The electric grid needs to be upgraded regardless. Let's not go and blame EVs for something that needs to happen either way.

Window seat over the wing so I can watch all of the flaps/ailerons/spoilers/flaperons/spolierons/ailerflaps/flappydoodles do their thing and be constantly reminded of how fucking amazing modern air travel really is, even if it isn’t as “glamourous” as it used to be.

Honestly I think the knee-jerk reaction is “DISTRACTED DRIVING” until you actually think about it. This will be used at night... presumably late at night... when the roads are NOT highly congested. Congestion helps keep you awake too. The big worry here isn’t another driver rear-ending a stopped vehicle. Quite…

I mean, just because they can’t doesn’t mean they won’t. My OppositeLock post made it to the front page of Jalopnik many years ago, when they suddenly refused to renew my policy due to a “violation of my contract” which hadn’t actually occurred, and which they couldn’t provide any evidence of.

For all the faults Turo has, it does open up some fun possibilities. This is a photo I took of our Turo rental when we visited some friends in Breckenridge.

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The basics. Because all I see are Student Driver vehicles driving like fucking idiots. No turn signals. Riding in the left lane. It's no wonder the average driver sucks.

I know it’s uncool to like big, fancy yachts, but as far as those things go, this thing is actually pretty neat. It has a very unique look as a result of it’s original design. I also think as far as giant yachts go, that’s the sweet spot as far as size goes before it becomes completely ridiculous and ostentatious (yes…

You are absolutely correct. My statement isn't meant to be a blanket statement that covers every accident ever. It was more the point that lots of these accidents could be prevented with a little bit of situational awareness by the pedestrian :)

Suggesting that there are contributing factors for all parties involved in a collision isn’t “ViCtIm BlAMing” you soggy pop-tart. And suggesting that more awareness on the part of the pedestrian could avoid many of these incidents does not mean I’m absolving the driver of the vehicle if primary blame for the incident.…