Ah yes the belief that if everyone was as good a driver as you then there would be no need for safety laws and equipment. This belief is the difference between angry/aggressive drivers and defensive drivers who accept that stupid happens and take measured steps to keep themselves and others safe.

Or tough shit. You are a vehicle and you can wait with everyone else while enjoying your hobby. I shouldn't have to be constantly checking my rear view mirror in standstill traffic because you might be able to squeeze through without hurting yourself or my car. BTW before you get in a huff I ride and I can admit…

Even at 25 mph, a motorbike can damage your car and still greatly injure the rider. Lane-splitting is silly, does not improve traffic congestion in any meaningful way, and is unsafe even at reasonable speeds. I get why many riders just think it's sour grapes from the folks who drive their little boxes to work, but…

They might be startled by an unexpected object in their periphery, or perhaps loud the loud straight pipes popular with many bikers. The first reaction of most drivers to something unexpected is to brake. Ask yourself, if you were walking down the street and a person ran up past you unexpectedly would you be…

We should just assume everyone is guilty of a crime and they have to prove their innocence before they can drive?

And like an airplane wing, the wingsail provides lift, thereby reducing drag and providing more speed over the water.

Engineer here that has read significantly on this topic, including foreign studies on traffic calming measures. Yes, because bringing pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers into closer and more "intimate" quarters pulls the drivers back into feeling responsible for not only other cars but the aforementioned cyclists and…

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Any snow driving trick could get him out really, he just has no idea wtf he is doing.

If your manhood is so fragile as to be sacrificed should you be known to drive a minivan, it's not the minivan that's the issue.

If your mirrors are adjusted properly, you shouldn't have a blind spot.

Uh, no; because you're offloading more of the driving tasks (In this case, paying attention to your speed and follow distance), you're paying less attention to driving, therefore adaptive cruise control as you've described slides you closer to "non-driver" than "better driver".

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a national treasure. Full Stop.

the minute this comes to the US, i'll accidentally forget to engage the parking break on my civic and have it roll down a steep hill and into the river.

Boy, we must be driving a couple of clunkers.

All I know is I love mine! I pre-ordered it, waited patiently for it (Ford lost it, and about thirty others) behind the factory in Wayne, Michigan. I eventually took delivery and have been unable to wipe the smile off of my face whilst behind the wheel.

Unless you need to carry more than a piece of luggage or two and a passenger.

Now that seller has put the car up on eBay, and it can be yours for the not-so-low, low price of $170,000.

Torch, I love you, but this is a stupid fucking rant.

Well, no. It's actually mostly saying that for one particular class of user (auto journalists who go on group test drives, etc) proximity keys can cause problems.