So who identifies what roads are what? Even in your dream land where speed limits boil down into 7 categories and even a few of those are wishy-washy. So who labels the roads in Maps (or writes the algorithm to label the roads)? Who is the point of contact for when users encounter roads int eh wild that are…

Good, I generally dislike the idea speed limiters in the first place, or at least ones you can’t disable.  There are plenty of areas where the normal flow of traffic is above the posted limit, in those situations driving the limit is actually MORE dangerous than going with the flow. In Houston, inside the loop 55mph…

This is one bill I’m actually glad he vetoed. Total garbage and was a complete joke.

It required “an integrated vehicle system that uses, at minimum, the GPS location of the vehicle compared with a database of posted speed limits”. Who maintains that database? Who ensures that cars continue to receive those data? How quickly do they require those data be updated for road work, etc? It was a…

Modern cars are, for the most part, fantastic. Plus, you don’t have to worry about dying if you get into a minor car accident, and they’re – for the most part – better for the environment.

He’s right though. As cars become more like appliances, less and less soulful cars will exist.

A (former) cop who doesn’t abide by the rules? Who parks illegally and doesn’t give a f*** that he’s blocking other people? Who drives without regard to others? In New York?

I’m of the firm belief that AM radio is important and to be preserved. Not everyone has a cell phone, not everyone has access to reliable charging and reliable income to pay the monthly bill, but everyone needs access to information on severe weather or other disasters. Plus, as union-hardrolls pointed out, AM radio…

Agreed. The fact that nearly nobody has an AM radio anywhere but in their car and that it might be the last lifeline in the event of something tragic - it seems like a reasonable expectation that all cars would continue to have it.

How long after you sell something should you be held responsible for it?

I’m of the belief that it should stay for public safety stations and weather notifications.

This. Those burns were horrific. And the lady originally just wanted them to cover her medical bills. When McDonalds refused, she was forced to lawyer up and take them for everything she could.  And McDonalds deserved it for being recalcitrant shitheads.

That whole McDonalds story is a tremendous example of how a corporation would prefer to dump money into PR than actually do the right thing after they screw up because they deemed the PR cheaper. 

Might as well have been named “Earl’s Trustworthy Used Auto Sales”.

This isn’t the first time Fenix missed out on a residence at sea. She’s still owed $30,000 by Life At Sea after the venture filed for bankruptcy. 

It was a sad day when the Forest Service cheaped out and started buying light trucks in white with green tape stripes. Fortunately the medium duty trucks stayed green, since my loves type 4 fire engines.  I see a lot of older trucks in FS green,  including a few that may have been privately owned all their life. 

“Want to see why the Ford Pinto got such a bad reputation?”

I work in tech, and I’ve started saying that if you’re comfortable coming to me with your hair on fire because of an emergency, you need to listen to me when I warn you that there is an impending emergency.  You cannot have it both ways.

Not just engineers, but people whose job description and title is “safety inspector”

People, when the engineers tell you, “This thing will not work, and I’m not getting in it,” listen to them.