mm yes, jokes about using exploited gig workers to ignore the labor movement of different workers.

That’s not true. Contact patch area pressure stays the same no matter how wide the tire.

FYI, most of the “raiding” is done from the general fund to the transportation fund. For example, here in Wisconsin there’s an annual transfer of $88 million from the general fund to the transportation fund (and in 2019 they grabbed an additional $90 million as well). https://www.wasb.org/jfc-approved-transportation-bu…

Tire size has nothing to do with how much force is exerted on the road. Total force exerted is related to Mass and Acceleration. That’s it. Period. Maybe you were talking about force exerted as compared to the amount of tire contacting the road? Contact patch is a function of tire pressure and has noting to do with…

If you put an artificially high number into into the car for tire size to game the system as you describe it will only report a higher total mileage to your taxing authority.

Why not just take the mileage off from the annual inspections? They record all that stuff for the safety inspections. And for the states that don’t do them - make them start. Bonus for getting more unsafe vehicles off the road

I can’t abide a system that rides along with me via GPS or data collection via cellular

I would feel a lot better about this if they made vehicle weight a factor as well. If we are going to get into the nitty gritty of taxing people based on how much they use the road, then it should account for the exponential increase in wear applied by heavier vehicles.

Until EV marketshare becomes significant enough to really dent gas tax revenue, this seems a solution in search of a problem. Right now, the biggest problem with the gas tax is that it’s been the same since the early 1990s. Yes, EVs get a free ride, but we are already giving people up to $7,500 cash to buy an EV. If…

And what is that Wrangler like to drive? What kind of fuel economy does it get? How safe is it? How comfortable is it? Any product is a set of compromises, this one chooses to value comfort, fuel economy, and daily usability over shear off road capability. The normal Bronco is there if you want more off road capability…

In the real world, Homer would have been promoted to be a do-nothing Director of Nuclear Safety while some underpaid underling does all his work.

Can’t say anything bad about Tesla without some weird dweeb taking it personally

And big enough to have suburbs. I’d argue Evergreen Terrace definitively is in a suburb of Springfield, one that is technically part of the city, though.

Money can be exchanged for goods and services. Woohoo!

So what you’re saying is that instead of having 3 kids and no money you should instead aim for having 3 money and no kids?

I agree with you on the not having kids part, but pooling your resources as a couple is so much better than being single. I felt way more secure financially once I got married and added that second income to my household. Now that we both have moderately better jobs and still no kids, we’re expecting Robin Leach to…

Specifically and GLEEFULLY

That’s exactly what happened. He never intended to win the 2020 election clean. He just assumed he’d be able to steal it, in broad daylight, via his judicial appointments, Republican-held legislatures, and Republican-appointed election officials. He explained his whole fucking plan to the world before the election…

He is acting like someone who cheated, and is now completely flabbergasted that the cheat he paid for didn’t work.