I suspect there’s a bit of a bubble for this phenomenon. The people in these examples are all driving cars that predate the modern level of electronics. I think we’ll continue to see cars built through the early aughts be kept on the roads as long as possible, but once the more integrated electronics take over - those…

“Some” airplanes, not all. But yep - gotta love the solution of a simple windmill.

Cammisa discovered this a year ago?

I had the opposite thought - now that it’s opened up to everyone, it wouldn’t surprise me they don’t want to dedicate more time to it. Instead let all the other automakers continue to spend time and money.

To be generous, I’d say lots of people are this ignorant (and some are also stupid). But if no one has every taught you something, or even pointed out there’s something more to know, it takes a lot of motivation to learn it cold.

Also it doesn’t explain her husband’s $1600 truck payment (unless she bought it for him on her own).

Stories like this are what I point to when I hear (very certain) someones complaining that, “No one wants to work any more and no one takes any pride in/has loyalty for their employer.”

That seems like a lot of work for only 68 extra passengers.

Yo dawg. We know you like winglets so we put a winglet on your winglet.

The only problem I see is it doesn’t take airline operations into account. In 2023, Allegiant operated 317 flights per day. United operated 3500, Southwest and Delta 4000 and American amazingly 6700. As a percentage of daily operation, the numbers shift considerably. Doesn’t make it right, but puts it in perspective.

To their credit, I expected they'd just run a couple of sheetrock screws through and call it done. 

I’m also curious about the Barney Fife that wrote the ticket. There are all kinds of stupid laws on books around the country - how did this truck get singled out, or is this a revenue source for the town?

I can definitely see an airfoil influence. If that was their goal, it’s too bad someone didn’t point out that an airfoil is not designed to be strong in the same ways a bridge needs.

Here’s what it looked like before the collapse.

How exactly does one get all these citations and still have a license at all? By definition, a warning can only happen so many times before the thing one is being warned of happens, and it doesn’t seem like, “Go ahead and keep being an asshole in a different car” is much of a deterrent.

Sure, it’s clear to us, but the people that make that argument are already willing to ignore reality.

Put the IDx body on a Leaf chassis and I’d buy one tomorrow. Perfect around-town car that doesn’t looks like a Nissan Leaf.

Oh great. Now the idiots that insist “Herp derp, seatbelts’ll kill ya, better to be ‘thrown clear’!” have video evidence of the exception to prove the rule.

One of the many ironies of course is the people that are sending bus loads of immigrants places are fellow Republicans! Shouldn’t they be applauding it or something?

Not sure about the CPO, but the first vehicle predated the current Toyota Care program. The last couple came with Toyota care but they’ll happily sell you an extension to it.