You keep moving around not I. First it was ‘it’s illegal’ then when I pointed out the flaw in that you changed to ‘moral compass’.

With all the major roastings of GM and Ford there is usually no issue of significance at all (Pinto and Corvair) or it’s an issue that fell through the cracks or wasn’t properly diagnosised (GM ignition switch). The media goes out of its way to distort the issues into one of ‘automakers want to kill you’ in these…

The media runs all sorts of hit pieces on Trump, they just don’t stick. Some of them are so amazingly bad. My favorite was the one saying Trump had concrete contractors with mafia ties working on some of his projects in NYC like that was supposed to be shocking or that Trump had another choice. The article read as if…

So “driving while black” is a conspiracy theory? If enforcement wasn’t selective GWB and HRC would be in federal prison. Life isn’t fair and punishments are selective. The idea is do what it takes to get ahead and not to be selected for punishment when it requires doing something punishable.

Bicycling is not dangerous. I’ve been riding adult sized bicycles on the streets of the chicagoland area since 1982. I am about to do so again right after I type this out.

There are simple things that need to be learned before doing so to not get killed. Things the current crop of 20 somethings probably didn’t learn…

At Belmont and Sacramento the truck was likely moving slower than even a Divvy bike. I doubt she was right hooked in the conventional sense of a driver passing a bicyclist and turning right across the bicyclist’s path. More likely the truck was at stop and she was passing it on the right. The truck’s trailer probably…

Because it sounds very much as if she gutter passed the truck or pulled along side it in the gutter. Sadly Illinois made that legal last year so it is no longer a violation. It’s still retains all the danger it always had however.

After spending way too much time reading her and her fellow travelers articles I am convinced that if they are successful in taking automobiles (or control there of) away from ordinary people they’ll go after bicycles. It’s just the undercurrent in their articles and how they only support bicycling so long as it makes…

If they used miles traveled they used the wrong measure. It’s hours of exposure that is more relevant and bicycling is very safe by that measure. Even for Divvy riders who usually don’t know what the hell they’re doing. It does not surprise me in the least that this first fatality.

Conspiracy? Did I mention one? Nope. Not that stops you. The simple fact is that political and legal consequences are selective and Musk isn’t going to be selected.

I agree with the points made, but there won’t be legislation because of TM’s failings. TM is a darling. TM won’t suffer any consequences because of it’s marketing mismatches. That’s what I am discussing, the fact that TM won’t likely suffer the media’s and government’s wrath. I agree with the assessment of their…

You put forth the argument that since it is illegal and punishable reporting it and having the person punished is legitimate. That’s not the reason you reported him (because that covers a vast amount of behaviors as I illustrated in response) and neither is the what if’s about how many more he may have had prior. If I…

Lot’s of things are technically illegal and punishable. The only thing keeping anyone out of jail or prison is nobody willing and able to put them there. The bicyclist I encountered this morning made at least three four violations that could get him killed. If I follow your rule I should have gone the block out of my…

That explains a lot then. He’s hiring people who don’t have the experience and they are learning as they go along. That quote has it all make sense.

On the other hand it’s not like these things aren’t done in many other industries. So maybe he’s not even hiring people with an interest in automobiles. A car guy from…

Your points are valid but it regulation won’t be coming because of an effort to correct TM’s failings.

Tesla Motors looking in from the outside does some things wrong or doesn’t do them at all. I don’t know who they are hiring but they keep having huge glaring holes where if they are hiring experienced people, people…

Brake dive will result in bumper mismatch even if they are at the same height nominally. Nose goes down and rear goes up.

One watered down beer doesn’t equate to DUI and neither does typical poor driving. I suffer through a lot of things bicycling and driving but I don’t get the cops involved 99% of the time. The one exception being a driver who intentionally backed into my bicycle. That ended up with me going to court once a month for…

Once upon a time I worked for a company that made a very complex home medical device. This mostly automated device had all sorts of safeties on it so it would not harm the user. It would shut down (if it was severe enough) and call field service regardless. There was one end user who didn’t want the techs in his…

When you don’t have an argument, fling insults. cute.

The attention paid to driving (neglecting external factors) is proportional to the design of the vehicle’s systems. The amount of drinking or texting or similar to reduce attention is entirely external to the vehicle’s design.