Clearing the channel so shipping can resume will be the first priority, so expect the port to open before the end of the year, possibly much sooner. As there is very little excess port capacity on either coast, most traffic diverted to other ports will go back.

“,,,, all three occupants were able to survive this violet crash.”
Vehicle crashes now graded on a colour scale? If that was a violet, what does a yellow crash look like?

No one “eats” the cost of theft - every industry/service provider factors it into their pricing and the final customer pays for it at the till, or on their bill.
Example: the cost of brick and mortar retail “shrinkage” from shoplifting and employee theft is added to the price of the item - generally 4 to 6 cents (or…

Removeable seats makes it a reasonable occasional cargo hauler as well as a people hauler. The extended wheelbase model may be able to handle sheets of plywood, 2x4 studs, etc.
For many families, occasional need is often a consideration when pondering what vehicle to purchase, especially in one-vehicle households.

namesakeone: one more Hornet to add!

Karma would be the drunk dies, no one else gets hurt. The universe proves once again “karma” is just random chance or wishful thinking.

Having driven several new and used Pintos back in the day (worked at a Ford dealership in the mid 1970's), unless I go off my meds, ND all day, every day.

Old school: cruise control. A sanity saver when spending hours on the most boring driving in the universe - Canadian prairie modern divided highways.
More recent: automatic headlights. Should be mandatory on every vehicle sold - still far too many a**hats driving at night without their lights on.

Any SUV manufactured by Mercedes, BMW or Audi. Mostly driven by bad drivers who think they own the road because they spent a ton of money on their status-symbol ride.

Many developers and agents will lie about noise/vibration and other negatives if asked directly about nearby railway tracks, airports, race tracks, heavy industries, school yards, playgrounds, garbage dumps, etc.
Municipalities are also at fault. Locally, the city has allowed developers to build several apartment buildi…

Seal off railways to keep people from wandering onto the tracks. No problem, as long as taxpayers are willing to pay for it all, because the rail operators won’t, because they cannot afford to do so.
More enforcement of existing laws for trespassing on railway property and failing to stop at level crossings would be a…

Thick A-pillars reducing sight-lines is fairly common across most brands, especially in compact and mid-sized sedans. Certainly applies to every car I’ve owned or rented over the past 20 years.  

Unfortunately, there are often additional costs when a small business goes to small claims court. Owner has to take time off to attend the hearing - usually about 4 hours including commuting to and from the court house - during prime retail hours. If it’s a one-person operation, that’s 4 hours lost production and…

Aren’t American highways, bridges and streets designed to take the weight of commercial vehicles like dump trucks, semi-trailer, buses, etc. without buckling or collapsing? Wear and stress on the infrastructure of these is much higher than the heaviest EV currently on the road, assuming commercial vehicles are loaded…

The issue is not the sex - it’s the insanely high risk of using the roof of any rapidly moving vehicle for human activity. The same correct reaction applies if they were having a picnic, thumb-wrestling, discussing economics or whatever.

It would sell, but, not in enough numbers to make the bean counters happy. Basic transportation has low markup, and there is more profit selling one +$65000 luxury pickup than in selling three $25000 economy pickups. Same reason manufacturers started abandoning entry-level sedans.

The only solution is separated crossings (overpass or underpass). But, level crossings are the cheapest, and easiest, option for municipalities, and developers, and no blames them whenever a train blocks the crossing.

Perhaps the solution is to lower expectations. Instead of demanding self-driving behavior equal (or better) than the very best human drivers, perhaps the standard should be better than the bottom 1/8 human drivers currently terrorizing the highways and byways.

Car seat frames are significantly more robust than aircraft seats. Cars crash a lot more than airplanes, and a robust seat frame greatly increases the odds of surviving a car crash. Airplane crashes not so much.

The designers obviously were inspired by those cheap “padded” folding metal chairs often seen in church halls and like venues. Suspect the sitting experience will be no better.