It’s about overall roadway capacity. If everybody zipper merged, you’re right, the car that arrives to the queue fifth will get through fifth. That’s what makes it fair. Where the issue arises is that in highly congested areas, the queue can stretch even further, creating traffic problems over a greater length of…

So you’re arguing that we shouldn’t be using the full capacity of the roadway and to encourage single-lane backups miles before a work zone, then?
I’m working by a long-term construction site with a years-long lane closure and every morning I see a queue backing up through multiple intersections in the one through lane…

I’m struggling to think of *any* BMW on the market anymore that comes with a spare instead of a set of run-flats. I’d even wager that a majority of new cars sold today just come with a sealant kit instead of a spare in the name of weight savings and fuel economy.

This is true. I ended up renting a LaCrosse last year (“we’re out of intermediates, but we can give you... uh... a Compass or a LaCrosse”) and I was disappointed by how easily I could park it.

This is all you’ve got left, America.

I applied because I’d like to be in the background of a motoring program featuring these three gentlemen again. Just preferably more visible this time.

Meanwhile this is the country with V8, rear-wheel-drive Commodores and Falcons which I can only assume have ways to disable to the traction and stability control by also pressing a button.

Given that it’s deep East County San Diego, it’s pretty reasonable to assume this individual is packing as well. Hippie granola California gives out to the wild west pretty much five miles in from the coast.

A very happy 7/07 to you and yours as well.

10/10, would dragon.

My office is on that exact stretch of Imperial. You’re pretty much dead-on there. A whole lot of people still congregate along 17th by all the community service centers and shelters, but there’s been a definite uptick along 14th too - and they just ripped out the much-promoted Portland Loo by the tailgate park too,…

The PIT maneuver is used far too frequently and at speeds that are far too high. Next time you watch a CHP chase, note that their use of the PIT is virtually always at speeds below 40 mph where the likelihood of the fleeing vehicle wrecking or serious injury being caused is much, much lower.
The Intercept had a really…

Policing in the rest of the western world: “Hi I’m a civil servant here to make sure everybody’s safe”

I think the biggest reason for the disappearance of muscle cars and sports cars in police fleets is that off-the-shelf cruisers have all the power they could ask for now. Compare a V8 Charger, or hell, even the 3.7 in the Explorer Interceptor Utility to what you were getting out of the SSP Mustangs. Add in the fleet…

I’d take it, but if I had to vote which non-US VW Group marque had a chance at a foothold, there’s a spot in front of my house that would look great with a Leon Cupra sitting in it.

hour, four minutes, and 20 seconds later

This was really cool.

I have given serious consideration to moving south of the border so I can pick up a Leon Cupra. My Spanish is terrible and the wait to head north in the mornings would be insane but... Cupra.

Seems evident to me that Tesla is designing for the post-driver era with this car. Only way to explain how prominent the center panel is and how minimized the driver-oriented information like vehicle speed is presented is that this interior was designed around the intention that Autopilot is now the primary means of…

With all the miles you put on a bus, trust me, the absolute last thing you want is for it to be Ferrari-like.