Excellent post.

 *facepalm*

That’s hilarious. As if the ads themselves didn’t defeat the whole purpose of trying to make other people think you are driving a luxury car.

Holy Crap, that was a real campaign??

Rather than invest in a new car for fancy safety tech like automatic braking or collision detection, your money is probably better spent on some defensive driver training. While some wrecks may be unavoidable, an alert and focused young driver who knows how to control his or her car properly will pay dividends.

Some states do require taxes for EVs to cover for the lack they pay in buying fuel at the pump. I believe NC has a $100/year fee for EVs for annual registration renewal.

This is a pretty good choice considering the factors the driver laid out. I would think this checks all the boxes and fits the “image” needed in SoCal.

^^THIS

I hope you are right about this only being a temporary lack of effectiveness. The backward leaps we are taking as a country when we need to be making forward strides are mind-boggingly short-sighted and ignorant.

In fact, just don’t let other people drive your car. Not even once.

Even if you are stuck in stop and go traffic and are just barely inching along, always- always-always come to a full and complete stop before reaching down to pick up that fallen cassette tape off the floor.

Stop pretending like there is an infinite supply of land. There isnt!

Or, bike + bus to work.

At the risk of getting flamed, this isn’t really a bad approach if the goal is to reduce automobile traffic. In dense areas where adding lanes is neither possible or preferred, making it easier for folks to get around on bikes allows for some of those car trips to be substituted with bike trips, or having drivers…

*cough* *cough* “I kno-” *cough* “I know, ri-” *cough* *cough* *COUGH* “-right?” *cough-cough-haaARRRCGH*

“Is $10,000 normal these days for a first car?” - Yeah, same thought here. I’m in my mid-thirties and I have a hard time justifying anything more than $10k as a DD for myself, and I have a decent job too. 

How did they get those Chevys inside the Death Star?

Not true...as a percentage of the actual electorate voter turnout was indeed low.

Thanks, that’s the plan. My wife and a few of her friends are starting to make regular calls too.

Required Reading for Resisting: