I think we should strongly consider “would immediately end a driving test” as a valid criteria to stop a public beta of any self-driving system. Until it can complete (and pass) a basic driving test, we should probably limit test vehicles to people hired and trained to properly monitor and control the vehicle.

The pay it forward thing has always been the dumbest thing imaginable. It’s performative charity for people who don’t need it. Want to feel good? Donate time or money to an actual cause. Or, as this article wisely suggests, tip the workers.

you will experience issue from Jan 2022 thru August 2022 and then it will auto-correct.

Lot’s of comments about personal views of vehicles, but the most important point was the first paragraph:

You mean the same ones screeching to high heaven that bluetooth could never replace cables?

Where the hell are you getting all of that from in my reply?

Studies for decades now show how horrible the constant stress of environmental sound is for the health of humans and animals alike. But rather than rethink the relationship of the automobile to pedestrians and bicyclists, we’re going to refuse this literal once-in-a-lifetime chance to eliminate noise pollution—…

I know that I’m a bit of an outlier, but for me, the quieter the better—to a point.

Yes, it’s weird how Jalops used to love boxes (station wagons and shooting brakes), but it’s now considered sacrilege if it’s this particular kind of box. I can hardly recognize this place anymore.

I’d love to know what is so awesome about a sedan, aside from the fact that it existed before the CUV/SUV form factor became the new default.   Why the fuck would I want a three box car over a two box car?  WHY?  

Very few people couldn’t be well served by the choice of cars under 20k

Because I like cars? I just don’t like idiots who think annoying everyone around them is fun.

Eh, I’m fine with it TBH. Almost no cars or bikes are that loud from the factory, and if they are, you can afford the ticket.

Excellent write-up. Very well put. We have multiple solutions in front of us, but it doesn’t fit some lobby group’s agenda.

I’ve had my truck for over a decade now, and I’ll be keeping it indefinitely because new trucks now are ridiculous.

I have essential hypertension (high blood pressure), and take a daily ACE inhibitor pill that keeps it pretty easily under control (I also exercise and eat well - it’s just a genetic / family thing). I have a $50 cuff blood pressure monitor that my doctor told me is just fine for monitoring my BP as needed. I check…

Do NOT listen to this guy.  A watch or app cannot give you any type of BP reading.  Only the cuff can do that.  This guys is completely full of shit.

There is not a single study that shows using a camera to get a BP is in any way accurate. You might be an RRT but that doesn’t make you an expert in any way shape or form. You’re the equivalent of a dental hygienist. Your facts about how apps and watches take a BP reading

Those cheap Chinese watches do NOT take a BP reading. This has a cuff that inflates and that is the only way to take a BP reading.  In order to take a BP reading you have to cut off the blood supply and listen to when the blood starts flowing again.  I don’t know how accurate the watch in the article is but I know for…

Those cheesecake photos you post as a reward for COTD don’t count?