you’re right - I think I am missing the point.   honestly, i’m not trolling here, but I just don’t understand the importance of supporting the outside shoulder vs the inside shoulder.  seatbelts don’t protect side to side movement - they are designed to keep you from going forward and coming out of the seat.  why does…

good article with a lot of great points, including the single wheel being centered in the lane (never thought about that!) - but dude, get over the seatbelt thing. and if driving with a seatbelt across your right shoulder is that big of a deal for you, definitely don’t try to drive in the UK.

Illinois is similar to a lot of other states, in that they allow some stuff but not others, and outlaw the stuff that can do the most damage to somebody. think of fireworks like sex: there is no 100% safe, only “safer”. And yeah, sparklers burn at 2000 degrees and are #1 on the list of which fireworks cause the most…

same here, mosca.   my kids were heading out to see the fireworks and my wife I were completely meh about it.   we blamed it on having already seen some spectacular and unique fireworks displays, so a run-of-the-mill hometown display doesn’t interest.  but it’s probably our age, too, hahah

disagree about your “mean-spirited hit piece” take - I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed seeing the a CT on its roof.  ymmv.

great point, and drones won’t take up a lane of traffic while the package is dropped off

it goes by quickly, but I love the part in the movie Independance Day where the newscaster tells people to “stop shooting at the alien spacecraft”. we would DEFINITELY do that. for sure.

“the general contractor shows up in a fancy luxury-equipped HD pickup truck hauling nothing but air.”

yep.  cruise control / autopilot / whatever - driver is 100% responsible for what that car does.  police need to stop saying “be careful when you use autopilot” - take autopilot out of the equation.  DRIVER. IS. RESPONSIBLE. PERIOD.

“also charged with one count of unlawful ownership of wild animals”

welp, even if the FOOTage (hah!  get it?) of the pedals doesn’t result in a ticket, I bet the insurance company would be interested as they sort out the claim.

I hated that in my ‘13 Forester so much that I turned off the seatbelt chime entirely - I think it was something like buckle and unbuckle twenty times after first starting the car, then shut it off, or something like that.

“cyclists should not be in the road if there is no bike lane or in an area with sidewalks that are rarely used”

i’m a lifelong mountain biker myself, and you won’t catch me on the road on my bike.  i’m genuinely surprised that people still choose to ride on the road with cars.  being RIGHT means nothing when you’re dead.

“Stabbity. Stab. Stab.”

I’m not being an outright troll, but I am suspicious of your claims, or at least your understanding of this. My requests for an example are a coy effort to get you to think a little more. The fact that you’re unable to provide a link to a single example of a celebrity getting sued for actions of their driver, after I…

looks like a yellow tank top to me

Ok, you have me intrigued!   I’d LOVE to see some examples!!

I’d be very interested to read any examples you can provide where a passenger was found responsible for an accident. I’m no lawyer, but that sounds like a fascinating concept to me.

and Lego is the world’s #1 tire manufacturer