The worst thing about videos like this is there’s no justice in the end. People who are in the wrong will never realize what they did and there’s a good chance they won’t come here to read about it. That’s probably what infuriates everyone else, no feedback system and no one held responsible. So, people take matters…

While I completely subscribe to your theory that egos should be kept in check while on the road, we don’t know for sure whether the BMW driver purposely tried to block the bikes. It became worse when that new rider stopped out of the blue just to fuel the fire. There was no need to block the BMW at the traffic lights…

This might look like a double attack on your comments, LOL... but I just wanted to answer some of the questions that popped up here.

You’re right and you make a logical point - if we make something that works really well, why not quickly make a lot of them and continue to glean results out of it. And I agree with your frustration and something that gets me IRL as well - by the time you become good at something, people have moved on to the next…

You’re right and as I mentioned in another comment above, it really is a concept they’re thinking about on paper.

Perhaps yes, a cluster of satellites looking at the same thing or performing similar experiments could potentially have a better ROI in terms of financial input & individual specs vs quality of data output. There is, in fact, a moonshot project (no pun) that’s quite similar in concept to your suggestion - a series of…

Thank you, kind sir... appreciate it!

Well, they’re still trying to diagnose what happened and how their recovery operations affected its extended life span. They also need to look at priorities - Kepler’s intended mission life ended in 2012 and as always with spacecraft, it surpassed expectations and its healthy status (in 2012) meant that its life was…

That’s great. Kepler keeps getting into trouble and then gets a relatively new boost of life. This is its 3rd major problem since launch. It’s intended service life ended in 2012 and was extended till 2016. It’s lost 2 reaction wheels and was on a secondary objective since then... it had spectacularly done its primary…

Well, there are state highways or county roads that run through neighborhoods. So, I guess it’s ok to have a sidewalk on what’s technically a highway but visually, it could just look like a normal two-lane city-street.

I agree... but would a civil infraction be labeled as a crime? It clearly was an infraction, even per state law... the promotion/conversion from an infraction to a crime is what led to the arrest, IMO. I’m not aware of what happens after an infraction has been identified... is that why the cop asked her name, to give…

True, but it was the running-on-the-road that got her into apparent trouble in the first place. You could argue as to who escalated the situation, something that’s supposed to be a simple civil infraction per state law.

I remember you or someone else making a very very similar comment after the previous SpaceX launch coverage on Gizmodo. Of course, I’m not taking anything away from the validity of the comment, just that it’s very similar. May the force be with you. Peace, out.

Yeah, I commented before I looked up the law... I linked the actual Michigan Vehicle Code in my other comment as well.

I didn’t actually hear the tape ‘coz I’m at work but it got to the point of resisting arrest because of factors before it. So, I looked up the Michigan Vehicle Code and there might be a reasonable chance that she violated and committed a civil infraction. Also, it seems that Michigan law is not clear on stating your…

Yes, for resisting arrest :)

In Michigan, it’s a civil infraction if you walk/run on the street when there is a sidewalk present and if there’s no sidewalk, if you’re not on the shoulder facing traffic.

Not arguing one way or the other because none of the people shouting here have all the information but there is an actual law in the Michigan Vehicle Code that she might have broken if all the conditions are met (was there a sidewalk and was she running against traffic on the shoulder)... Yes, this talk about highways…

Ok, so I looked up Michigan Vehicle Code. Based on this, if there was a sidewalk, then it’s a straight up civil infraction. If there wasn’t a sidewalk, she should’ve been running against traffic on the shoulder. Not sure which of the 2 applies here. The cop is valid in his action of stopping her if she was violating…

I didn’t hear the audio (at work) but did she tell the cop to F off or was that the don’t-touch-my-arm thing when he tried to grab her. I get the feeling that this was just the cop’s way of escalating things only because she didn’t comply with him. Yes, that’s bad if she actually broke a law but is it a law that you…