You don’t consider improved visibility a safety feature?

They’re not impossible, just improbable and expensive from an engineering standpoint.

That’s not due to a lack of b-pillar, that’s due to 60’s engineering.

That’s one brand.

I know and I understand that. It does not diminish my desire for them though.

I don’t think higher beltlines add rigidity so much as just more surface area to distribute energy in the event of a crash. Honestly higher beltlines don’t bother me as much as b pillars.

http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehic…

Mercedes E550 hardtop still available.

Rubbermaid bumpers. Seriously. We used to go around and hit people’s cars on purpose for the novelty of it.

Pillarless hardtops. True there is a safety tradeoff but compare it to the blindspot plagued machines we all drive now. Personally I’d take a modern car with no b-pillar if they bothered to invest in rigidity elsewhere.

This is true, I do agree that they need to actually be pulled over and educated. Whether that results in a warning or a fine is up to the officer. Personally I have no problem with a reasonable fine. I just think these huge fines are pretty ridiculous.

I don’t believe I’ve ever had a butter rum buffin. I realize as I typed this I misspelled muffin but I’m going to leave it.

May I present the corn muffin, just one of many muffins we enjoy here in the states.

There are only two varieties of normal muffins that matter: Corn and Blueberry.

I see you’ve never had a corn muffin.

Thanks for the reply! Further in the comments we have realized a great problem though.

Now I’m curious. What would they call a corn muffin.

I think $150 USD is enough to get most people’s attention without raping their wallets. If it’s enforced regularly then getting two or three tickets will net the same monetary gain and be enough to shake the people who refused to listen the first time while not being overly aggressive to the uninformed.

Wow, Kinja won’t let me reply with just an image comment anymore. I guess they will have to settle for my scathing text review of how terrible Kinja is.

Here in the states we call it an english muffin so I was curious if they just call it a muffin.

What’s sad is I almost approve that more than I do giant fines.