You’re absolutely right. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be some form of punishment, but treating it as a felony is insane.

Did you continue to speed after you got a ticket? My point is that it is a spectrum of crime and associated punishment based on that crime. Speeding - since we are on a car blog - is the most basic example. I speed every day, and I treat speeding tickets as a toll. It does not stop me from doing it, nor will it. Do I…

And you never speed, or jaywalk, nor stole a pack of gum as a kid?

I disagree, being charged with a felony would have put me in the system and likely turned me into an actual criminal. Someone leaving their car unlocked in a public place leads to curiosity. Theft is theft, but rummaging around is different. It’s also insane that it’s a felony, misdemeanor makes a lot more sense.

When I say told that it’s not acceptable, I don’t mean no punishment, but get the parents involved, rather than the court system.

GAH!!!!!!!!

Yeah, this is a little insane. Hell, at 13 I would have been (I probably was) doing similar things. Kids don’t need to be arrested, they need to be told that it’s not acceptable in polite society.

No kidding! Can these guys do my insurance appraisals?

Reminds me of the Honda Goldwing Airbag testing:

With his shadow?

Energy dump. Force = mass times acceleration, if you suddenly have half the mass, you’re dealing with a reduction in force. At least that’s the theory I’ve been told.

We’d need to improve driver education across the board. Though we should do that anyways.

I’ll be right over to pick her up. I can’t guarantee the pizzas will arrive...ever.

I’m with you on tactile feedback / analog buttons/switches. It’s like every car company fired their human factors engineers. The rules are simple: be able to affect a change, and understand the result without having to change point of focus.

Booooo

Nope, I have to take my eyes off the road to look at it though. And use my hand too! Maybe I should switch back to good old fashioned paper maps that sit on the passenger seat, while using my CB...

Beautiful!

Why not? How is that different than me changing the station on my touch screen radio or scrolling the map on my touch screen navigation?

Holy shit! What are the rules to do a fleet order? Just a commercial registration?

The real question though, is the pizza box gyro stabilized?