Except that the only thing this proves is that tailgating makes traffic worse. If there is no traffic, just a left-lane camper, then there is no one behind you to be inconvenienced by you tailgating.

Seems to only be applicable to situations where there is appreciable traffic, though. What about those situations where the right lane is travelling at 60mph, and you are travelling in the left lane at 65mph, and you come up behind someone who is going 60mph in the left lane such that you can not get around them? How…

I’m not sure that “amount of rides taken” is the right way to look at it. Disclaimer: I never ride the train. That said, as far as I am aware, the trains run on their schedules no matter how many people are on them. Often they are near empty, but that is still a trip for the train. On top of that, the US has 240,000km…

Western Washington resident here. To be fair, 80% of our state’s population lives in 1/3 of the state (where this entire route is), and this route serves a lot of very large cities, like Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, BC. Not sure if I would necessarily say that the area served by this train has a low population…

I mean, I’m no huge GM fan, but I think you missed one very key word:

analytical analysis

But from my first comment, I don’t think that is what goes through most people’s heads when they see that. They just see zero stars and think, “I’m going to die from any little crash”.

Yes, exactly my point with the things unrelated to an actual crash. So I’m saying they should come up with a different name for it if they are going to fail it based on criteria unrelated to keeping a passenger safe during a crash.

But the problem with scoring low because you don’t have nannies is that, while the car is really quite safe in the event of a crash, people will think that it is not when they see the rating because your average person will just look at the stars and think that they actually relate to how the vehicle performs in a…

Pets as well.

Just read all of your other comments, so please disregard my previous comment! Sounds like you know what you’re talking about.

Technically the article says it’s a crate engine, so it isn’t actually taken from a Silverado. Otherwise, carry on!

Yeah, makes sense if there’s more fuel in the exhaust that isn’t getting taken care of by the emissions hardware. That’s correct that they have to use more fuel. NOx is formed in high temperatures, generally when the engine is running lean, so adding a little extra fuel helps cool things down. But it also leads to…

I’m not 100% sure on this, but from what I remember, the vehicles would start in testing state every time, but as soon as the steering wheel was turned at all, they were in dirty state until you turned them off again. Someone else can chime in if they know all the details, but I think they were more or less constantly…

Is a slightly dirtier than advertised diesel golf hurting the environment more than a full-sized diesel pickup or SUV?

Premium is a pretty big reason. Costco is at least $0.50/gal cheaper for premium than like anywhere else in my city. I generally save at least $5 over filling elsewhere, and my Costco has like 36 pumps, so I usually don’t even have to wait in line, no matter the day or time.

That gate was coming down so slowly, just B8ing him to try to make it through.

It kind of does exist. I believe there are multiple experimental turbine-electric hybrid semis out there. I know for a fact that Paccar has one. Checked it out myself. They didn’t have the turbine running, so I don’t know how loud it was.

Yes, definitely good that they’ve kept it underground so far. Although it sounds like they’ve now ruined the mountain they were testing under.

You didn’t specify. I figured that was what you meant, but I think it’s also important that NK is the only country to be blatantly and repeatedly ignoring the ban on nuclear testing. Who knows what else they will do if they feel enough pressure.