I have to admit, the thought does indeed enter my brain sometimes.  :)   But I don’t see it as regularly as you seem to; where you live, Texas?

“That looks like a great way to get people to key your car!”

this can happen to ANY of us. if you think you’re the perfect driver you’re mistaken. stories like this remind us all to stay alert and expect the unexpected.

I just spent a few moments taking all that in.  The sign above the windshield: “Fix American Again” - is that actually the 2024 slogan?!?  LMAO

eh.. about older cars running longer the new ones.... I think you’ve been bitten by the nostalgia bug.  cars last way longer and are indeed more reliable now.   Back in the 80s I remember fretting about a 10 hour drive; changing the oil, getting the ok from my mechanic, etc...    With today’s cars we don’t give nearly…

I wonder if telling your insurance company that the neighbors know wouldn’t help? Maybe they can get some legal leverage on an “insurance fraud” angle, since it shouldn’t be them but the tow truck’s insurance that ponies up.

i think it’s more so the rescue boat can catch up once they’re done

seriously. let’s see if we can dare Elon into taking a cybertruck down there.  he already thinks it’s seaworthy, should be easy to goad his ego the rest of the way.

again, we are looking for the difference between ICE vs EV incidents here. not the person vs all vehicles.

uhh, I think you missed the forest for the trees, klurejr. this isn’t about the legal definition of a pedestrian, or if they can sue afterward. it’s about cars hitting people, and why, and how we might improve that.

what’s it matter what the pedestrian is doing when we’re looking at EV vs ICE collisions?   we can also look at the color clothing they are wearing, and the hue of their skin.  but none of that helps parse the difference between EV and ICE cars hitting them.

I read another article that all you need to do is get the car owner’s password to their tesla account, and you can then register your phone as a key to the vehicle, no additional verification needed. I was amazed at how simple the article said it was - lots of people chimed up to say you should at least be required to…

because once attached to the car, he can claim he was “afraid for his life” and can then do whatever he wants

that “passenger vehicle” detail also occurred to me, but I’m assuming that language has been distilled for this article. something tells me if we read the actual law/code it would be more specific and indeed exclude boats in one way or another

seriously. For all my enthusiasm I’m sure I’d find myself speeding straight into Canada or Mexico at some point.

I wish we had the (honest) context of how far / where the people were that the cop says they were protecting.   If it’s true, then yeah, the cop did the right thing.  Unfortunately, it’s all too common for cops to outright lie (and back each other up on the lies) to escape accountability.  So we can’t really believe a…

AND they knew where the car was! They found it outside his home, had it under surveillance, but waited until he was behind the wheel to pull him over at gunpoint. W.T.F.

I don’t know anything about this other than what I just read in this article, but seems to me sneaking onboard this thing is a great way to end up a prisoner in a foreign country for an indefinite period of time. Just like trying to take drugs through a russian airport.

For now, I agree - they’ve done a GREAT job of keeping Deadpool fresh, but we’re only two movies in. As excited as I am about #3 coming up here, neither am I disillusioned to the point that I think they’ll be able to keep it fresh forever. I’ll just enjoy this next one, wish them the best, and see how it goes.

as despicable as it is, I hesitate to give them even as much credit as being greedy. you’ve got government workers blindly following rules. they received a payment past the due date, and followed the rules to not accept it without the late fee.