I’ve mentioned it here before, but when I was a teen growing up in the hinterlands of MN one of the older local cops regularly carried a tape measure and would check every lifted truck he came across to make sure the bumper was in compliance with the state regs. You’d see him leaving a cafe after breakfast and go out…

I didn’t even know it was possible that a god damn trailer hitch could be that d-baggy

Semi turns across unprotected, divided highway. Often, if a fairly busy stretch, the semi will have really no choice but to pull out in a way that will slow down the normal pace of traffic. Either semi doesn’t see car coming or car doesn’t see semi pulling out (distracted driving).

How does this make it over elevated rail crossings?

Most trailers in the U.S. are decades-old containers of steel riding on poorly maintained & poorly balanced tires, whilst in the cab sits an overworked and underpaid driver, oftentimes exceeding the speed limit in order to make his delivery on time. I doubt the U.S. trucking industry is willing to pony up a single…

Two deaths is a small price to pay for this dope-ass stance. I’ll be in the back seat with your mom. Sincerely, YouTube.

PBS makes some good shit, watched a ton of their stuff on on Netflix. It would be a real shame if a bunch of immoral greedy fucks were to defund it.

“hit by an unsuspecting Merc,”

Yeah, but nobody in their right mind is going to vote for Trump, given everything that he did and said during his campaign. Oh, wait....

To be fair, it wasn’t really an issue until now.

What a shitpost. Companies are finally acknowledging they don’t need to kill millions of animals to sell a vehicle, they should be getting all the support. Leather is a garbage material as it is, so they should be applauded for using better materials regardless.

Sure, now try it in a real ZR2.

I just spent 10 months bouncing around Europe with just carry on luggage, including a small backpack crammed with all the electronics I need to run my transcription business from the road, including my laptop. Am I glad I just barely missed this current window of insanity. My entire life is on my electronic devices.…

COTD

I’m not an expert on aircraft carrier catapult systems, so I’m not in a position to make any judgments on the merits of steam vs EMALS (e-mails?).

But the EMALS!

So annoying - youtube displaying some sort of informational banner right near / over where the arms start reaching out / being pulled in.

The tint film is holding it together.

Coming soon, from Tom:

Rick Perry will solve this, just as soon as he looks up “plutonium” on Wikipedia.