If you're correctly assessing your risk exposure (and risk tolerance). There are plenty of guys (not to be sexist, but it is mostly guys) who ride without a helmet or any protective gear, so clearly being on something unsafe doesn't automatically make someone a careful and courteous driver.

Australia.

It is also well-established that expanding road infrastructure does not significantly alleviate congestion. As additional capacity is added, more people choose to drive instead of using alternative means of transportation (or carpooling), thus adding more lanes, even if we had the money to do it, would confer only a…

Even without options, the Paceman is a pretty poor value proposition. 121 hp as you mentioned, only two doors, and starting at $23,200. For just $1,500 more, you can get a GTI with four doors and 200 hp, or a little more than that gets you a Focus ST.

But the base prices of those cars aren't too unreasonable against their competitors. Yes, you can option them up to insane prices, but that's only if you get all the options available, including some incredibly tacky and ridiculous ones. If you go to a dealer, you won't find the forecourt choked with $132,000…

Boston is helped a lot by having narrow streets. Imagine all the things that make Boston hard, but with four lanes, so you have a much wider area to scan ahead of you. Narrower streets also make people drive slower. I've driven in both places, as well as in Providence, and DC is definitely harder than both.

This. Sure, DC has its fair share of people driving unsafe heaps, road rage, entitled drivers, and lunatics. DC probably also has a higher than average number of people texting or, more likely, reading email while driving. But that's not why DC is worse than everywhere else.

I had a friend with a 2002 Neon and I borrowed it occasionally since I didn't have a car of my own on campus. Beggars can't be choosers, but it was awful. I can really only think of one good thing about the car; it was spacious. She liked the car for some reason I can't possibly fathom. I think because it was red and…

The thing about RWD v. FWD, in my opinion, is that people who don't care don't know the difference, and people who do care (i.e. enthusiasts) want RWD in their big, fast, and fun cars. Since the margins in the big sedan market are probably big enough to absorb the small additional cost of RWD, I figure why not use…

The Ford Falcon is a fantastic car and it's a shame that as part of the One Ford strategy, the US finally got the Focus we deserved (win) and the RWD Falcon lost the race to the boring-as FWD Taurus (major lose). To be honest, I'd put up with a crappy Focus in exchange for a US-spec Falcon any day.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if there are security cameras that have a view of the runway, but that footage might not get released to the public until the NTSB investigation is completed. In a crash investigation, video evidence would be better than the verbal testimony of controllers in the tower. Also, I don't…

The last row of a 777 is within five rows of an emergency exit (the rearmost one) and isn't at the front of the plane, but probabilities are...just that. Not to be too morbid, but I will be interested to know the causes of death when the NTSB report is released. Did a structure collapse on them, did they not make it…

OW won't be responsible since they're basically just a marketing entity. Further, Asiana is in *A (Star Alliance) not oneworld. People might want to sue *A but I'm pretty sure counsel would convince them it won't go anywhere.

I think motorized seatbelts should be #1 because not only are they awful, but they also turned a whole generation of cars that could be future classics into garbage. Who could possibly lust after anything that was equipped with one of these godawful contraptions?

Having been both a resident and daily user of DC and a tourist, I can tell you that the difference is time. When I was a tourist from the suburbs of a city with limited public transit, the Metro was a revelation. It was fast, relatively quiet, relatively clean, and went interesting places. When I lived there it was a…

I don't know about this unholy alliance of Zap and...anything else really, but I always kind of liked the Aptera 2e. It looks pretty crazy (and to my eyes, awesome) and I think driving around in one of these with the electric motor whirring in the background would make me feel like the future had finally arrived.

Because you want to drive an American-engineered, American-built car? If you have a short commute, less than about 35 miles round-trip, the Volt will cost 1/3 to run every single day.

The battery has an 8yr/100,000mi warranty, and if the packs are well made, there's no evidence they will need to be replaced even after 10+ years and much more than 100k miles. Most Priuses are still on their original batteries without any problems. Moreover, the Volt is probably designed so that as the battery pack…

I've always wanted a Mk IV Supra Turbo. Something about the simple styling speaks to me. Finding one that hasn't been ruined is so difficult that anytime a decent one that has a 6-speed comes up, it's on sale for roughly its original sticker price (or more if it has low mileage). The fact that anytime a decent one…

Will any Japanese cars from the 90s become future classics? Japanese brands, at least in the US, don't seem to inspire much passion or desire.