Best thing I have read in Jalopnik in years. Thanks. Soon it will be available in camouflage, I bet.

No, they’re too evil to govern. Their voters are too stupid to vote.

Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann, who have been the top observers of Congress over the past 30 years, have written frequently on how the two political parties are not mirror images of each other. Democrats still focus on policy and governance and are willing to compromise; whereas, Republicans have gotten caught in a…

Republicans are not interested in governing and only exist to enrich their overlords and keep the rubes riled up to vote for them. 

It seems to be a bit cruel, and kills their resale of their rig. The different in PM emission output between the ‘07 trucks and the new trucks is minimal. And some of the engines were even designed and tested to be able to meet the 2010 emissions.

Bottom line, these poeple’s insurance will decide fault and I can see the blame being spread around for sure. You can not drive around with the expectation that no one is going to break hard near you. At the same time, you cannot break for no reason. So obviously multiple drivers are at fault, human or not.

I would…

(To be clear, I’m not holding my breath. This is the same country that would rather tweet out Thoughts and Prayers than do anything meaningful about gun control. Nevertheless, I think full AV roads would be a worthwhile goal to strive for)

Watching the video.... I’d say ALOT of those drivers involved in the accident could have stopped well before they did.  Like the reaction times were so bad that at least one of them was distracted driving.  

Like it blows my fucking mind that you jabronis are suggesting that a car that SIMULATES A DRIVER HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT FULL HIGHWAY SPEEDS is somehow just supposed to be glossed over

damn that black car. 3 full seconds on screen no brakes.

+100. I’m also tired of this mentality where we throw up our hands and say “Nothing could be done.” No, drive like the driver in front of you might stop for any dumb reason and this won’t happen to you. A couple of those cars were right on the ass of the car in front of them.

I’ll give it to you that the first collision points to the Tesla driver at fault.

Well I think the issue is, IF it was actually in FSD, it changed lanes and came to a stop for no apparent reason.  The road in front was totally clear, so barring a mechanical malfuntion, no driver would do a move like that.  That said, it’s ALSO clear the drivers behind the Tesla were likely following to close, or…

Alright, I was on the Tesla bashing train for a good while when this news broke, but now that I watch the video I see less “FSD is to blame!” than hundreds of people being used to following too closely while traveling too fast and being distracted.

GM and Ford lobbyists were involved in crafting this policy, it’s not an accident that trucks have the highest price cap.

So, every male has played the “penis game” before where you and a friend say the word louder and louder until someone chickens out. I’m assuming that’s what this is. 

The best thing is to do away with ‘classifications’ that are so loose as to allow all kinds of exceptions and just have one standard for vehicles. If pickups and SUVs that are sold as passenger vehicles, make them meet the same rules and regulations. Period.

Not sure you can complain that hybrids and electrics are too expensive when the vehicles that are dragging down the numbers are trucks that tend to be fairly expensive, when purchased by individuals. Besides the Prius is well under $30k starting and Toyota has several hybrid models that can be had for around $30k and…

...(Trucks) are subject to less stringent fuel economy standards.