It sounds plenty loud on the bridge as well..

It’s like millions of recorders crying out at once........

No no no. The specific frequency of the bridge is what will kill the monster/alien/robot. So it will have to be lured near the bridge, but of course it will be a calm day and they will have to come up with a way to artificially generate wind and get the bridge a-wailing. 

It really could be a lot worse...

This is so classic California...

that’s far better than having the wind do this to your bridge:

If Hollywood has taught me anything, the next action movie will feature a monster/alien/meteor/tornado/huge mechanical robot that specifically targets the bridge because of the noise.

If pedestrians cannot walk across the bridge for fear of going deaf, I'd say that pedestrian protection system is working better than could be hoped for.

Could be worse:

Sorry San Fran, your bridge is a kazoo now.

Time to repost this again

The fact that it’s even possible Stephenson was considering a super-wide rear hatch (notice how skinny the taillights have to be?), plus the split tailgate, all on this brief flight while sketching, is a lot to appreciate. I wonder if it’s institutional knowledge of wagon design, or just staring at a Land Rover, or…

The X5 absolutely printed money for BMW, at least in the US. It still stands as probably the best full-sized SUV from a design and function standpoint. For example: one of the few to still have a split tailgate. Even today’s model still looks pretty good, at least for the time being until it gets a new grille.

Honestly, the first-gen X5 looks pretty decent, even if the front bumper looks weirder the more you look at it. 

Hey, a twist of Lime got me out of a police cruiser, so that makes total sense.

They’d probably have worked better in places where that “last mile” really is a mile: Suburban street corners in areas with shit public transit.

I hate to be pedantic, but they stopped being scooters when they decided to participate in the breaking down of storefront windows. Now they’re sclooters and I just can’t get on board with that.

Who knew flipping a Bird could be so effective?

I get all reasons why they suck, and I love a good barricade; but they were a nice option for last mile transit from public transportation. 

You forgot about the 16 hot dogs.