I’m pretty sure that when I was 17-22, every car I had was waaayyy overpowered, did not particularly “hug the road”, and measured stopping distances the only way cars with drum brakes could - a combination of hypothesis and prayer. I’m positive I drove too fast, played the radio too loud and had far too good of a time…

Sure, autonomous vehicles should be regulated. Yes, the technology isn’t there yet, and it’s foolish to think that the tech/vehicle companies actually care about the consequences of real-world testing, save for potential liability exposures.

I don’t disagree that people in cars need to be aware of cyclists. However, cyclists are far less predictable than cars. When a guy shoots off the sidewalk going against a one-way and hits your mirror, and then hits your car with his bike chain, you tell me who’s the asshole.

I’ve live in three of the biggest biking cities in the US. I have seen riders break every conceivable traffic/common-sense ruke in the book. I have seen bikers key cars, threaten people (pedestrians and drivers) with bike chains and locks, etc. Riders have obligations to their own safety and that of others,…

i stopped riding after a drunk girl in a 300Z introduced me to my own mortality by t-boning me. So, I used to be ok with bikes and bikers. That is no longer true.

The thing about marriage and kids is that it’s marriage and kids, not “we should live 4000 miles from each other and try to make time for weekly clubbing.” That’s not me being an old, but someone who’s seen the downside of divorce from a kid perspective.

Many people seem to be missing the effect of federalism. Each state regulates insurance companies that operate in their market. CA is particularly onerous for multi-line carriers, particularly those that write both personal and commercial insurance. Now, that’s not to say that carriers can’t or don’t make money; they…

Kids still refrain from abstaining. Even if they aren’t taught about sex in school, pretty much everyone figures out the mechanics without a great deal of difficulty.

It was considered a “secretary car” when new. Yes, sexist, but also kind of accurate if one looked at who was driving those things. At the time, I had a 5-speed Celica GT (with power windows!) and considered that car a POS. Actually, I still consider that car a POS.

It’s a frivolous exercise, he’s got a zillion good reasons to loathe the press (they hacked his phone and email), and the person he was talking to didn’t know anything about him.

I will not stand for this revisionist history! The Pinto was a POS. The Gremlin was a POS. The Pacer was a POS. The Vega was a POS. The Chevette was an enormous POS.

Do trucks not visit the PNW? Seattle, Portland? 

That’s true. I suppose it depends on their orthopedic condition. 

I am amazed by the faux outrage on the right, but also the doctrinaire position of the left.

The children of addicts and of neurodivergent people can develop the same issues as their parents; the odds of a neurodivergent parent having at least one neurodivergent child are pretty significant. If you pile on a predisposition to addiction...

The car you buy your parents isn’t the car you buy yourself. My parents have probably hit their ceiling, tech-wise. They’ve definitely hit their inconvenience threshold - they want to go where they want, when they want, and they don’t want to search for chargers, etc. The hybrid is the way to go, I think. That new…

Mid-size Lexus SUV. These are parents we are buying for, My parents can’t get low, like to sit up high, don’t want to deal with too much complicated tech (they need phone and Waze, FFS), decent mileage, reliability and road-trip capability. 

If you’re short, patient, have tons of disposable income and a garage you’re not going to need for a year or so, do it.

Bringing something like this to market is going to cost billions. Somebody will buy the IP, move the ball forward, but ultimately run out of money, and the cycle will continue. It’ll happen sooner or later, probably EV-Pony Express style, but before that, there will be the inevitable crash and everyone will go nuts,…

A) What tis the point of airing private trauma in today’s culture?