The Mercury Lynx. A forgotten model from a forgotten brand.

No. Elderly drivers may be slow and “in your way”, but they’re less dangerous than most teens and many drivers in their twenties.

Distracted younger drivers tend to be distracted 90%+ of the time. Just like older drivers with dementia, both believe that they’re perfectly capable of driving until that “oh sh*t” moment happens. Instead of focusing on some arbitrary age, we need be focusing on drivers as individuals and having rapidly escalating…

The crash in Philly involved refined fuel, this one (apparently) involved unrefined crude oil. The Philly crash included a fire, this one didn’t. Apples and oranges . . .

Yet, far more crashes, especially serious/fatal ones, are caused by impaired drivers and by distracted/texting/”multi-tasking” younger drivers . . .

The answer is always Sno-Cat!  https://sno-cat.com/models/1600-15-passenger-sno-cat/

If all that’s needed is “a little TLC”, why doesn’t the owner just do it and pocket the money from a higher sales price?!  ND

KISS . . . a base model, front-engine, RWD Toyota, Nissan, Ford, or GM pickup (or an SUV if a RWD version is available). Good access to parts/repairs, both on the vehicle and in the supply chain combined with decent reliability.

As your video clearly illustrates, you don’t know whether a passenger train or a freight train is coming/why the gates came down, and whether you’ll be stuck for 1 minute or 5 minutes! (And, yes, I get it, ignoring the gates is STUPID, but not all of the delays are the same.)

The freeway running north out of downtown St Petersburg is raised, for miles. There’s no reason why they can’t do the same thing with a railroad IF they weren’t trying to do things on the cheap!

Currently available new? The answer is always Miata . . . unless I could smuggle a Suzuki Jimny into the USA.

While it’s probably a fair price, in today’s market, I’d be afraid of the karma that would come with it. Do I want to enable legalized extortion? Is the previous owner dead? Or in prison? A crime victim? Or, just incredibly stupid? A repo, for the same price, would have far fewer unanswered questions.

If the seller includes the white belt and shoes it could move into the NP territory . . .

You can also add a growing population, with much of that growth happening in urban areas. 25 years ago, the US population was 279M; today it stands at 342M.  That’s a 22%+ increase, with many metros seeing 30%+ increases.

One, there are already “modular van concepts” in the present. Mercedes, Ford, and Ram vans (here) all come in multiple lengths and heights while GM and Rivian offer multiple lengths. Two, interchangeable body parts are a PITA since they need to be stored, somewhere, when not in use. See removable hardtops for…

Denver’s airport, with its seven runways spread over 54 square miles, sounds similar to what was planned, here.

The rudest thing that I do is use the horn to try and “educate” other, oblivious drivers.

The problem with going “free” was mentioned in the article, “The new spending was part of a push . . . . to crack down on New Yorkers sleeping in the transit system . . .” No fares equals a rolling homeless shelter.

I’m guessing that this started out as a stamping issue and whichever employee was tasked with QC hadn’t been instructed to look for this specific problem (since they didn’t know that they had one).

In some (many?) states, forward-facing blue lights are limited to emergency vehicles. Yes, turquoise is a different shade of blue, as is teal, but it’s still going to be click bait for some cops trying to meet their quota.  A true green would probably have been a better choice.