Untrained? Where does it say that in the article? I’m sure they’ll be given training, in how to fill out the form and perhaps in de-escalation techniques and when they should call the cops.

“Civilian Enforcement...”

Didn’t they already try this:

While I like certain aspects of this idea very much, can you imagine some Hall Monitor Street Karen trying to give you a citation?

Sorry I must disagree. Sure being underpaid and overworked is stressful, but that is no reason to be “homicidal” or “paranoid”.

I’m not going to point to a singular cause for this as if there was one - but I can certainly say that from my general experience, our country (world?) has an abundance of people with weird violence fetishes where they have a “justified” opportunity to kill another person - and this is particularly prevalent among…

Thinking of the greater good in America is often associated with “evil socialism” by those of a certain political/ideological leaning. And so they scream about how nothing should infringe on their personal freedoms - be it climate change, vaccines, gun control, etc... despite how all of those issues do affect society.

Unfortunately, we as a country have spent a long long time railing on this idea that freedom means “I get to do what I want as long as what I specifically do does not directly harm others.”

I was going to type a similar sentiment, but you’ve covered it adequately. Its not a personal choice when I have to share the road with your Canyonero Behemoth. Clothing is a personal choice. This shit is irresponsible. I don’t care how much you “like what you like.” 

Also really, really tired of people saying car choice is a “personal” choice. No, no it’s not; obviously, you can hurt other people with these things, and of course, they make climate change worse, literally worsening the future prospects of every other person on the planet. There is ZERO justification for not thinking…

I’ve been following NotJustBikes for a while. Dude puts more research into each video than I have into my entire college degree. I hate that the smallest trucks these days are as big as the full-size trucks of the late 90's, especially when I’m apparently one of the few people that is honest enough with their needs…

But if you’re making shit money, maybe you shouldn’t be buying the average new car.

“And then you’ve got the mouth breathers driving around in their lifted trucks/jeeps with the aftermarket LED light bar on for no reason.”

Anecdotally, I feel like Honda/Acura has aggressively bright headlights. Back when I was a teenager, my parents had an early ‘00s Acura TL, and they got flashed constantly by people thinking the high beams were on. Fast forward to today, my last couple cars have had pretty bright (IMO) LED headlights, but I don’t…

Crap lede. Here’s a rewrite: “HD Core business performing, e-bike business may take years to be profitable.” Hey! Kind of like the auto business.

They’re going to have a very hard time shaking their reputation.

I personally prefer that.  Makes it easier to service when you don’t have to remove a bunch of plastic covers.  Being able to access various service items *easily* is a thing of beauty itself... but only to the trained eye... 

FWIW BMW doesn’t actually “build” the Z4 either. Both cars are built by Magna Steyr in Austria, under a partnership agreement involving both BMW and Toyota. It’s not like BMW is building Supras and selling them to Toyota. 

Tesla Model 3. I like the size, the price, the exterior styling, and could, I guess, live with the interior. I can afford it, and in 2 or 3 years will likely be looking for something electric. But the company owner is a deal breaking flaw for me (and especially my wife).

Remember when Ferrari dealerships got caught red handed rolling back the odometers?

It’s also stupid easy to roll back an odometer in any car without an encrypted ECU. Even then, most of those can be replaced with unlocked copies and if the dashboard gets its info from the ECU, then you can set it to whatever you’d…