While I agree with you in principle, the bane beef here isn’t that they’re dangerous to use (Hell, kitchen knifes are dangerous to use too.) The beef is (at least with the USPS and others,) is the the things are known to spontaneously explode while charging the battery*. This violates all sorts of consumer safety…

As much as folks like to bitch abotu the tort system as being out of control (and personally, I feel that certain aspects of it are out of control,) in this case, a lawsuit would be warranted of the shop didn’t agree to make the customer whole.

Lawsuits are intended to be used this way — to make the victim whole. Just…

Totally not drunk.

Honest!

They umbrella is disposable.

Pfft...

I see your camera-rigged hooptie and raise you one GENUINE Ford GT40:

I’ve long held (and spoke with Joey Todd about this,) that TWS was perfect for a huge motorsports amusement park, with everything from motorsports-themed amusement park rides to a fully-operational road course capable of hosting pro-level races. There’s nothing in the world like it. It sits on plenty of land.

Depends on department policy, but I doubt their policy is to use the cruiser in a head-on collision to stop the vehicle. I’m also pretty sure their policy wasn’t to open fire on it with an elementary school in the background.

Policies differ when it comes to motor vehicle pursuits. Often the policy is to pursue at a…

It depends on the department, of course, but many (most?) departments have their officers qualify annually to demonstrate competency with their firearm. And by “competency” I mean “doesn’t shoot themselves in the foot.” Other than that, there’s not much extra training required other than what they get if they’re in a…

Unless the bullet didn’t hit the SUV. Half if his bullets didn’t. (OK, one out of two.) And if they didn’t, what’s the next thing to be hit? whatever’s downrange, including a school.

This video also enforces the stereotype that police officers can’t shoot for shit compared to people with real training in high-stress…

“I was him I’d try to at least shoot the mofo about to run me over too.”

Ermmm — why? Because you’re pissed off that someone’s tryong to run you over?

Firing on the car has ZERO chance of helping you out. But it would make you feel a little bit better right before you died I suppose.

Cop made a bad mistake and got lucky.

OK, you’re paid to sell cars, not drive them. Then stay out of the driver’s seat! Especially the driver’s seat of cars you don’t know how to drive!

I used to work for a large defense contractor. To drive one of their vehicles,(from a golf cart to an F-35,) you have to prove you can operate it competently.

Is this…

Late to the party.

FIRST DAY doing my practical driving. We would drive, three students in the car and the instructor in the passenger’s front seat. One would drive for 30 minutes, and then the next. this would continue for three hours in the morning. While one drove, the other two students would sleep, or read —…

Thermocouple.

That’s not our focus. Our objective is efficiency and safety. Among other things, our system monitors the momentum and forces inside the train itself and manages that with three goals in mind. 1) Keep the forces low enough to prevent a derailure and a broken coupler (couplers connect one car to the next and are…

My company (New York Air Brake,) is automating freight trains right now. We have systems in development that can either make recommendations to an engineer, take over temporarily for an engineer when conditions are right,) or replace the engineer entirely.

PLENTY of us remember him. He’s in almost all of the photos of the first moon landing, mainly because Neil was taking the photos.

He also has remained pretty active in space and technology. I met hem when he headed the President’s Select Committee on the Aerospace Industry. He’s also a huge proponent of sending men to…

Does actual racing count? One weekend in particular sucked for me, but I did race, so it was still a great weekend!

Saturday morning went well and I qualified 4th for the day’s first race. Everything was normal and I finished in — 6th out of 7. I always suck, so this is normal.

Race #2 is an inverted start, based on…

I owned one of these. Owned.

Its tiny, for sure. Which means all the electronics are buried down inside the socket where there’s zero airflow to cool it. And pumping out 2+ amps to charge your iAppliance means its going to get hot (and using both to charge two tablets will probably get it hot enough to actually use it…

I owned one of these. Owned.

Its tiny, for sure. Which means all the electronics are buried down inside the socket…

I love my ‘95 Ranger. I inherited it when I married my wife, who bought it new while we were in college (on my recommendation.) It’s easily been the most reliable vehicle of out fleet. At 350,ooo miles, we’ve replaced:

- fuel pump
- EGR sensor
- EVAP solenoid
- U-joints
- Shocks (twice)
- Catalytic converter
- Clutch (at…

Um — yes it does. Senna was killed by a suspension piece penetrating the visor of his helmet. A canopy would have prevented the crash debris from hitting him.

As for Bianchi, it’s tough to say, but a well built canopy would have reduced the force of the impact, perhaps to survivable levels.

From a safety standpoint, a…