You are correct, theoretically. The reality though is that no municipality is going to install a relatively expensive machine or system to do such monitoring for free. They are going to initiate parking fees to pay for the system, and those fees will never go away. Generally, I don’t have a problem with this; parking…

My larger point is that it’s great that there are spaces that are available for free for a limited period of time. I’ll bet a lot of those spots now become metered spots.

This seems like a good idea but I worry about unintended consequences. The issue is locations where there is time-limited parking but no meters. I think we may see a lot more parking meters installed when parking inevitably becomes a shit show with people parking and never moving their cars.

I have a significant color deficiency that prevents me from being able to pursue many professions (e.g., professional pilot and highway patrol).  I can become a private pilot (a lifelong dream) but will be limited to daytime flying. Would this count as a “sensory impairment that substantially limits one or more major…

The biggest problem with the progressives push for “Medicare for all” is that the message is too vague about too many things.

Morgan Three-Wheeler.

It seems like the better metric here would be something like worst sales as a percentage of the number the manufacturer produced. Cars like the Audi TT aren’t intended to sell in numbers comparable to a Camry or an F-150.  

I was listening to CNN this morning (on XM radio) and they were talking about how to sway Trump voters.  The main point was that you cannot talk condescendingly to Trump voters if you hope to change their mind.  The news hosts seemed to interpret “condescending” in this case to mean “don’t make them feel like idiots…

I couldn’t immediately figure out what Randall’s internalization was in this episode. The best I can figure is that he developed an internalized understanding of the problems and feelings of the neighborhood in which he is running for office. Clearly, his internalized understanding doesn’t match with reality. It seems…

I disagree with the lack of an overarching theme. There certainly was one - that which we choose to internalize and the effects on our loved ones.

I’ve got a few:

This seems like a total non-story from what I see on the video. You cannot tell a lot about absolute speed from the lane divider broken lines, but it doesn’t look like they’re going all that fast in the first place. It is also apparent that the car from which the video is filmed didn’t accelerate with the Lamborghini…

When my one son was in that “can poop on the toilet but can’t wipe his butt” phase, he once woke up in the middle of the night and had to poop. Rather than waking my wife or I up ahead of time, he just went into his bathroom down the hall from our room and proceeded to unload. At some point in my slumber, I became…

Exactly right. Carrying isn’t for everyone and there are certainly irresponsible people carrying. Most people, however, recognize the very serious consequences that using a gun will cause and will go to great lengths to de-escalate situations.

Wrong on the steps. The steps are pull the gun out of the holster, aim (by raising arm), and pull the trigger. Most people carrying a gun carry with a round in the chamber. Some of the guns don’t have a safety at all (don’t worry, the gun will not go off unless you pull the trigger, which is protected by the holster).…

Um, source(s)? Granted there are people that carry guns that are looking for a fight, but the vast majority of people carrying recognize the serious responsibility of doing so and always look to de-escalate situations that may arise.

I have no problem if the NFL were to get rid of holding by offensive linemen. But to even things out, get rid of pass interference. It seems that most teams have at least a few long-pass plays in the book that aren’t designed to result in a catch, but rather to grab a cheap pass interference call. Receivers and…

While I applaud the goal behind this law to get people out of the left lane, it seems fraught with problems. First, the law tacitly acknowledges that which we all know - speed limits are (mostly) bull shit. Yet this new law does nothing to address the unrealistically low speed limits on many roads. Second, the law…

If I was that cop, I would have “accidentally” dated the ticket for 1955 or 1985.

The VW Beetle in the foreground got me thinking - what if a tornado tore through one of those lots where VW is storing all the returned diesels? Does VW have insurance on all of those cars?