As someone who is on foot for a few miles a day, 5 days a week, I can say without hesitation that the greatest threat to pedestrians is a lack of enforcement of crosswalk laws - combine that with distracted drivers often in large isolating vehicles.

But roads are designed for cars and not people.

Traffic lanes aren't designed for pedestrians. It's up to you to look out for your own safety when crossing the street.

The biggest threat to pedestrians is themselves - looking at their phone.

No. At least not without better driver training first. People wander all over in their 12 foot wide lanes now because they're eating, texting, talking on the phone, or any other number of distracting things. That space is what gives me time to react to their stupidity. Take away the buffer and now they're even…

4th: I think this bit from the quoted Detroit News article is easy to miss but says something very important:

The Elmiraj is indeed a greater statement than any fifty press releases.

wot the fok did ye just say 2 me m8? i dropped out of newcastle primary skool im the sickest bloke ull ever meet & ive nicked 300 chocolate globbernaughts frum tha corner shop. im trained in street fitin' & im the strongest foker in tha entire newcastle gym. yer nothin to me but a cheeky lil bellend w/ a fit mum &…

If you had a drink 2 weeks ago, you aren't still impaired. Marijuana is the same way, just because it stays in your system way longer doesn't mean you are impaired for more than a few hours. The trace amounts of marijuana will likely be dragged out as a big deal though, because there's some insurance company somewhere…

Got my parents to trade in their standard for a long wheelbase model. It is awesome. Previous owner traded it in on a new Bentley, it was low mileage, waxed by the estate maintance people, and low miles. Who knew Bentley dealers would even retail a Town Car L. Cheapest car on the lot by farrrrr.

Just think if FMC had the cajones to invest in the LS for a 2nd gneration, then that platform was stretched just a bit. How awesome would the new Town Car be? Hell, we could have a Town Car 500 with 660+HP by now!

Plenty available on the used market!

This should still be a thing in the salt belt.

From what I understand (which isn't a lot because I've only owned one Audi) quattro is supposed to refer to a system that has a locking differential front, rear and center. I've heard that some models didn't have the locking front differential, but even then every quattro that didn't have the Haldex system had a…

Here is the kicker... THEY LEGALLY CAN'T!

If you are driving recklessly, run a stop sign/light, have a tail-light out, or break any other law. They can pull you over and check you for anything they want. But if you are obeying the law and they have no justifiable reason to pull you over, they are not allowed to.

Ok, I do see your point, but do you think the Elmeraj was outrageous? The reason I liked it personally was that to me it looked real, as in it wasn't over the top, wasn't crazy or unbelievable. It looked simply beautiful. Something I mentioned on this forum to this guy who seemed to somehow know something about…

But you have to ask... why? Why can't they make it look like the Elmeraj? People simply loved the look of that car. I noted this in another post but the bottom line is that Cadillac has to go big or go home. If they give us what amounts to a bigger version of the CTS then they might as well go home.

Something of an improvement, I'd say... that weird mons pubis in the front always put me off.

I mostly blame the headlights. The line of the headlights is awkward, where the top of the light bleeds into the grille area. That emphasizes the "brow" of the hood to where it looks like it has a big forehead. Visually, it blunts the front end, in my opinion. Pull the top line of the headlights back or push the…