I hate to say it, but it’s probably going to take at least another serious injury or death before this has any real traction in F1.

My theory is that the driver was distracted by the incident in front of him. He missed his braking point and compensated by slamming on the brakes too hard, locking up the fronts and causing terminal understeer which took him straight off track.

Please press charges. Why not? And keep us posted on all the developments!

That, and permission to burn it to a crisp in front of his house.

Sometimes its for entertainment (I used to compete in bullseye compatition.) And sometimes it *is* for killing things — things that would do you harm, thus shortening your life.

It cuts both ways. When a gun takes a life, sometimes its for good, and sometimes its for bad.

Depends. Some have lighter triggers. Of course, you can also install aftermarket triggers and lightweight trigger springs to lower the trigger’s effort too. Personally, I would only do that on a competition pistol, NEVER one that I plan on carrying around.

If you’re going to have a striker-fired pistol with only a trigger safety (or a trigger safety and a grip safety,) and you MUST store it in something that protects the trigger (case, holster, etc...) to prevent negligent discharges.

Who want’s to bet it was a Glock with a light aftermarket trigger installed?

It was not an “accidental discharge.” It was a negligent discharge. there is no such thing as a accidental discharge.

Nope — not the safety barrier.

The car was launched when it went off track *before* contacting the barrier. Someone needs to go out there with a grader and make sure the dirt\grass is level with the racing surface.

Well, they’re hybrids, so I imagine they use both the pantograph and the onboard engine to run the truck as needed. The trick is seamlessly switching between the two power sources as needed.

Pretty sure that engine has a timing chain. My 1.8t did.

And I got 260,000 miles out of my control arms. :)

His trunk was full of dead hookers.

Pretty much. No better way to understand how spark advance effects an internal combustion engine though.

Heh — I grew up working on and driving Model T’s. My father’s a collector and I grew up with his collection. My first job ever was to meticulously spray every bolt and nut with WD-40 on a 1915 he was restoring. My older brother and my dad would then attach one with wrenches to dismantle the thing and eventually…

Well, you see, it’s an *autonomous* car, with *sensors* and stuff. It knows when there’s a car coming at 35mph (or any other mph for that matter, other than 0 mph, which is no mph at all,) and, being one of them fancy *automomous* cars,

Well at least one person here gets it.

“Strangely, journalists were not invited, and attendees were told to keep a tight lip. Which, given the weighty subject matter, is obvious cause for concern.”

Given the current state of journalism, I’m not surprised.

“Muggles”has been taken, so:

Actually there are several types:

“Mechanics” for those who work on their cars.
“Drivers” for those who have a passion for driving and driving well.
“Operators” for those who drive as a beans of transportation.
“”Passengers” for those who dislike driving.

This is what happens when you buy cheap labor.

The problem was that the tires were Firestones.