I wanted my own thread, so I copied my reply.

This is less about constricting drivers and more about allowing cars and pedestrians to co-exist without the unnecessary threat of danger they’re constantly facing.

Not necessarily the case, I do believe in The Italian Tuneup. Driving an ICE too lightly can also do damage, particularly with carbon buildup and seal issues.

Of very important note - this is great for surface streets, but lower highway speeds wont make that sort of difference.

Thanks, that’s helpful! My laptop actually is a Lenovo, which that article talks about, so I’ll see if I can get it to do that.

And so would no hand-held cell phone use and for that matter no smoking, drinking/eating, and other distracting things but we might as well go after the low hanging fruit of people who will actually abide by the lower speed limits.

Honestly you don’t even need to baby it. I set my battery to charge up to 90% for the regen braking (the regenerative heavy braking doesn’t work as well above 90% since the energy from the regen has to go into the battery for it to actually work so I just set it to 90% so my braking is consistent.) and just use my…

I will be in that second category whenever I get mine.  Charge it up at work, power my home with it at night.  The days I stay home, my solar can charge it up.  This is the future that I want.

This makes me curious about the new Mac laptop my company issued me a few months ago. I’ve noticed that when plugged in the battery charges up to around 75-80%. That is what it does by default. You have to click the battery icon and request the laptop charge all the way. I am guessing this was done to increase battery…

Basically the same philosophies people take with their smartphones, makes sense since they’re both using Li-ion batteries. Either you take care of it, and it lasts, or you don’t and get a new one more often.

As someone considering an EV really soon, there can only be 2 ways to go about maintaining an EV battery:

Absolute Dream DD with no strings attached. My inner teenager wants an R34 GTR V-spec and nothing less:

46% of American households have at least 1 gun. That’s about 150 million people. 0.1% of that is 150,000 people. 45k people died in 2020 from guns. Less than 0.03% (and accidents were less than 1k)

99.9% of American gun owners are responsible as hell with them.

It’s not a lie, and the article is right, it’s not about it being better for the earth or cheap/free to use, it’s about it being convenient.

Good points about the history of safety tech. There are lots of pathways to get to here; legislation is just one way.

Yeah I look forward to people being bricked out of driving their cars from false positives or defective sensors.

As a Canadian who’s been living in Texas for the last 13 years, this is something I still cannot wrap my head around. The mental gymnastics are n a whole other level. People will leave guns in their nightstands, because they need access to it in case of a break-in to protect their loved ones, because bad guys are…

As a Canadian, this article is sci-fi. The idea of carrying a gun with me is pure insanity.

The overwhelming majority of gun owners are irresponsible idiots.