So far the main source of aviation fatalities is mishandling by a pilot, either the pilot on the plane or one who parks in the dark on a runway center line.

It’s also the toughest test. With the full width of the vehicle it’s easier (not easy) to have enough crush to absorb the energy. With this test if the small volume is soft enough to absorb a moderate speed then it is tissue paper at higher energy. If it is tough enough for high energy, then it is too harsh at…

Good luck suing the FAA, but the general rule is to sue every name possible and let them show how they aren’t liable. For those who don’t escape, then the liability is distributed according to the court. 

That same low bidder makes parts for Airbus. A major reason for the spinoff was that as a Boeing in-house factory it was put through hard cycles of demand and lack of demand. This meant hiring and firing large numbers of people. Attempting to source for other companies wasn’t a great option as why would Airbus, for…

Yeah - there was a guy who got a fake check, but it was missing the weasel words that are supposed to be there. It was some advertising gimmick. So he deposited it, waited a bit, then withdrew that same amount. On the order of $10,000. He then got a safe deposit box and put the cash in the box and waited.

The saying is “You cannot cheat an honest man” which may not always be true, but if the scammer said “I’ll pay double if you can start tomorrow” but sends a check for triple, the contractor with so much cash dangling right there, from a sucker who is overpaying to have a driveway taken out, is ready to cheat the…

It is clearly missing the truck-nuts hanging from the hitch, but the rest of your list is spot-on.

That deeply dropped trailer hitch suggests a 6-8 inch lift on the truck. 

There haven’t been any such instances. The blockage is always at the exit door waiting for passengers that have already exited to clear the bottom of the slide. Those who died, died waiting due to conditions at the door and outside the plane, not from anyone grabbing a purse or a coat.

They had 8 minutes to gather their belongings and 10 more minutes to leave. Too many hyperventilate over getting items when the main blockage is the exit door and waiting for people to clear the escape chute to allow more to leave.

It was 8 minutes to open the doors and another 10 minutes for the last passenger to leave - 18 minutes total. Part of the delay was from a failure of the intercom system with flight attendants waiting for clearance to open doors. At least one engine was still running and that is a huge problem to evacuation as it can…

The US makers did a fake-out. They already knew the economics of making and operating a supersonic jet were terrible, but European pride would not allow seeing the same thing when the Americans were touting their plywood mock-up. The Europeans sank a huge amount of money into a flying elephant, while Boeing cleaned up…

It’s a problem if the car is owned by a corporation that is using them as driverless taxis. The punishment is a fine and points on the license; but the company doesn’t have a driver’s license to have points against and the fine has to be against the driver, not the owner, so there is no one to levy the fine against.

Funny enough - it started because the truck was stopped in a lane and the cops asked him to move - causing them to claim he was evading.

That K-9 wasn’t trained. It was a fighting dog that is buds with the “handler” and that dog wasn’t under the handler’s control. They aren’t trained - they are encouraged to bite and fight. I saw one rip an old woman apart because she was near a dumpster and the K-9 handler thought the noise was a robbery suspect, so…

The BMW was the correct choice. He doesn’t signal lane changes on the track and no one will be surprised if he doesn’t signal in the BMW. 

I recall a VW robot engineer contractor was smeared around a work cell after disabling all the safeties to enable him to get in with it. In that case the smearing was fatal.

Someone leveraged a giant nuclear powered weapon to do this.

Flatter, but not flat  can be worse. The closer to flat the longer the focal length. Some window could be 100 or more feet from the car and scorching it for only a few minutes a day. If the curve was tighter it would be less likely to be near a parking space.

When the Thetans return they will be appalled.