This reminds me of what my structures professor would pontificate on (well, when he wasn’t calling us idiots and screaming YOURE DOOMED before the tests). He’d go on a long monologue of being a pedestrian in multiple countries. Some countries favor drivers, others favor pedestrians and sometimes he’d forget which he…
Point the blame where you want, there is plenty to go around:
Alternative to the “I hate cars” narrative: the iPhone was introduced in 2007 but only started getting popular in 2008. So seeing an increase in pedestrian accidents from 2008 to 2014 correlates precisely with smartphone usage.
It looks remarkably awesome with nose art. Or is it jaw art when it’s on that massive lower intake?
Reminds me sort of the scene from Star Trek IV (i think) where they are loading panels of transparent aluminum into the cloaked Klingon bird of prey before beaming aboard the whales.
The aging A-7 Corsair II, nicknamed the SLUF as in Short Little Ugly Fucker