Who cares? If you can pass this test, AND the head-on collision tests, you’ve built a safe car. The small-overlap test was presumably designed to capture a very deadly level of overlap. More overlap, the impact is distributed over a larger area, less, then it would have been a glancing blow anyways. And, as commenter…

Whenever I see diplomatic plates (very rare for me), I park nowhere near them, cause no way they’re paying any attention when backing out of their spot.

I don’t know. Public safety is one sector where many people who want minimal government interference make considerable exceptions.

I’m kinda small government minded, but honestly, I much prefer the cars I’m on the road with being inspected semi-regularly.

That’s because you haven’t shopped around. I did, and pay $50/month (all taxes and fees included). And I’m sure I could do better.

I’m a cyclist (and more-so a motorist), and often think that when issues of cyclist and motorist interactions come up, people are exceedingly unfair to cyclists, especially given that motorists ignore traffic laws extremely often as well, and to more dangerous consequences.

Colloquially, “America” refers to the United States. I know, language can be a bit scary.

Who said it’s luxury? No reason your last possibility isn’t right.

Well, if you’re monitoring the CO levels in the cabin, that’s what the levels are, and that’s what matters to the passenger. If the exhaust is “lost,” well then, the CO isn’t a problem for the passenger anymore!

I’d agree with you... if he were on a track.

1st gear: on a somewhat related note, the other day I was driving by a house and I noticed that the attached garage was below what looked like the living room. I’ve never had an attached garage, and it got me wondering, what sort of risk of carbon monoxide poisoning is there with attached garages, from CO leaking into…

If you’re passing them over and over again, that really means that you’re not getting anywhere by passing them. I’m not saying it’s not annoying, but I am saying that typically this has a very little effect if any on your final arrival time. Also, in most states, cyclists are allowed to pass stopped traffic on the…

I agree with you, with one exception: things happen faster on a motorcycle. As a cyclist, I’ve had plenty of moments where I think “this person probably doesn’t see me,” and can react accordingly. You have more time to anticipate and react (in general... sometimes you have none, or you’re already going at traffic…

1) Extended final gear- I wish that my six-speed had a taller sixth gear! I’ll regularly be spinning at about 3500 rpm for hours on end. I know that if it were taller it would hurt acceleration up at those speeds, but c’mon, how often...

The Darien Gap.

Agreed. Assuming you’re referring to the smaller plane.

Before I even saw that you included a link, I was going to say “No, it was Amanda Knox.”

I hope they keep the same general format, with “Good News!” in the beginning, then “films” with brief cuts back to studio for shorter bits and comments, BUT, I’m not necessarily keen on them recreating all of their old bits. I love the lap board and star in a reasonably priced car, but I feel like they can re-invent…

I rarely see four way stop signs that have four way (or “All Way,” which is better) on them. Just different signs for different regions!

I think if I drove the 4C I would fall in love with it, but....