Honestly the military is more progressive with stuff like this all the time. First to integrate, first to put women in "male dominated" jobs, they've allowed dads to take paternity leave for a while, allow maternity leave for adoptive parents. They do a lot poorly, but every so often they get it right.

Actually, the russians used them against the Georgians back in 2008. We could ask the Georgians on the receiving end what they thought about its effectiveness.

... or not at all.

Hasn't that kinda been a constant thing throughout American history, having Generals who have much more progressive world views than politicians?

He doesn't need to read every overpass height. He shouldn't have been there in the first place. Trucks are prohibited from all parkways in New York State, by law, period.

Excellent observations. Also fun how it hastened 70s era barges into a depreciation spiral from which most never really recovered. My parents learned the hard way, having a 460-equipped T-Bird (probably a good 180hp) go to little more than scrap value by 1985. Not always the good old days. Nowadays, my mom drives a…

It's not illegal if its a mercy killing

I know. I lost it when I saw that pic, too.

Don't most states in the US still have standard hand signals as being acceptable.

Agreed, wholeheartedly. More semaphores.

Bring back the semaphore.

Yes Please! Amber Lights should be mandatory on all four corners! That and I would use them on a BMW, especially a "roundie" 02!

...I remember 1996. Sonofabitch, I'm old now.

And history more or less repeated itself by not having a decent hybrid or electric car in the mid 2000s when gasoline prices were hitting new highs and there were waiting lists for the Prius.

Reading list! Please!

Yes, you're quite right. However, as the recipient of my fathers largesse of donating old Mopars to the teenage driving cause and then Chevy Vegas for the "economy" of it, I will dispute the '80s as being the "starting" point of their uncoupling from reality. In late '73, the Arab oil embargo occurred which really…

Brings back a memory of Back to the Future III, when the 1965 Doc says "of course this thing is not working, it's japanese!" and Marty replies that the best stuff come from Japan.

....and $65k.

You are misinformed. If heavy trucks stick to TRUCK ROUTES, there is no overhead clearance problem. As a commercial driver, YOU are responsible for making your route choice BEFORE you start. Anybody with the brain power of a flea knows that there are a lot of low clearance issues in NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston,…

"Do they think American's just like red turn signals better?"