IF you read my other comments, I actually stated the exact same thing.

That said, I think think the arguments about high speed rail are misplaced - and while supersonic trains sound fancy on paper, that’s not what we need. We actually already do have a relatively efficient and cheap form of transportation between cities already - regional airports and regional planes. They’re basically…

Yes, though this happens for a lot of media stories, but I wish they would go back at the end of stories and add a footnote for the resolution. Especially for criminal stories, where we hear about someone getting arrested, and then they drop off the internet and never hear about it again. Adding a footnote to say, he…

I know, same as say Europe, or any other country right? I was just bringing up large countries that have a high speed rail network. IF you take Europe as a regional whole, it works there too.

They do have a point though, that the media does have a tendency to report contents of complaints as facts and truth. In reality, anyone who has a couple hundred bucks for the filing fee can file a suit. And most of the time, complaints use heavily exaggerated language, and are full of “facts” that are quickly…

I want to add that these goals could be complementary. One of the main reasons a mass transportation network wouldn’t work is that U.S. cities are designed to require cars once you get into a city.

Yea, but that’s 23 cities in 15 years...the U.S. will be lucky to get 2 cities in 30.

China?

Alright, I see what you mean. Though, I drive in LA, another notorious city for driving, so maybe I just have tome to consider crazy traffic driving as normal. I do think that people’s stories about “always” getting cut off, or tailgated etc. to be overblown though, probably because of the effects talked about in this…

Well yes, with appropriate signalling, that’s an option too. Like I said, I just didn’t agree that cutting into another lane without signally is the best option to deal with bad or aggressive drivers. Basically the point of the article, that just escalates the situation and makes driving bad for everyone if you fight…

Well yes, if every car in the row is an asshole driver. But generally, I’ve found that it’s far more productive to slot in behind the car into the space made by it speeding up (or behind the next one again, if the driver behind is also an asshole) than to what? try to win a mini drag race? Or in your case, risk…

Then slow down and slot in behind them...

To clarify, even if we assume that insurance rates go up, and even if we assume they go up disproportionately because of that extra 5% of driving, that does not mean it’ll be more than the 50% decrease in costs for the other 95% of driving.

I believe you when you say they take it into account. Just do they consider insurance rates a bigger factor than aesthetics, IIHS safety ratings, and other aspects which directly impact sales?

Yea, but the point is as soon as you try texting, you no longer know your vehicle, limits, and surroundings, and lose your “awesome eye-hand coordination and speed.” That’s the relevant part.

Maybe the part that noone meets those emission requirements in real life and it’s commonly accepted to use technical software (tuning) to meet the requirements of the test.

I think the key is more about image projection. Same thing for why the VW Phaeton failed, wagons and minivans don’t get bought, etc.

Not totally the same. I think the key is more about image projection. It’s the same reasoning behind why minivans, wagons, and the miata are heavily pushed too.

As opposed to the other truck purchasers (who aren’t construction workers or lumberjacks actually using the truck) who are full-on pretending to be a “manly man” while not all that manly at all, who really should be driving a minivan, but wanting full-cred to more fully compensate.

I think you’re overestimating that. For that to be true 1) cheaper gas has to drastically change driving habits, but on the contrary, most people drive a fixed amount in commuting every day, and the increase in leisure driving is slight, and 2) the increase in insurance directly attributable to increased driving due…