I low key had a similar experience in Iceland when traversing the ring road.

Car dealers love whatever cars turn the fastest and make them the most gross. They really don’t care what models they sell, only that they have access to inventory that turns fast.

Eww.

Well said. Generational bickering is a silly waste of time.

Let’s be real here. DoorDash, Lyft, and Uber drivers are contractors by every legal definition.

Reading.

Agreed, obviously.

The correct take. People born just after WWII had a very different environment growing up than the tail end boomers.

There’s plenty of readily available IIHS data that shows a much lower death rate per mile driven with drivers of full sized trucks and SUV’s vs. other vehicle categories like mid-sized cars, etc.

Civil asset forfeiture without any kind of due process is obviously extremely bad policy and full of opportunity for malfeasance.

There’s a big difference between hitting a fixed barrier vs. another vehicle.

Tail end boomer here.

Yep, sightlines are ridiculously bad. Interestingly, there are still a few manufacturers who make a very good effort to have big glass and proper sightlines. Subaru and Tesla come to mind.

NP. Sure, why not.

Sorry about the pizza oven incident.

Crumple zones have been a thing for 40+ years, mate.

You didn’t answer my question about your technical credentials or industry experience, of course. Why not?

You haven’t presented anything specific or technical that proves any of your points others than “it’s what I think”.

“people like you”

From what I’ve seen, the glass isn’t bullet proof. As for the cold rolled sheet metal, it’s 0.12 thick vs. traditional being around 0.038.