Yeah - bird strike or not, that doesn’t explain why the gear weren’t extended. When all else fails, it’s a mechanical release and gravity freefall on the 737. It really doesn’t make sense.

It shows the depths of my train geekerery that I immediately thought Volk's Electric Railway. The conventional part of the railway is still operating,  should you be visiting.  As an aside thir rail electrification with underwater trackage would've been interesting...

I’m sorry Colin, but you are wrong here. All Toyota Hybrids are CVT’s. The transmission can’t preference a higher or lower “gear” based on “D” or “B” selected during driving. The “B” is just a higher regeneration level when you let off the gas. Both my cars have it and they drive no different in either, but when you…

True. These “tests” seem hellbent on destroy the vehicles.

But there are several problems with that picture. Try getting a mass motorcycle commute going in Minneapolis in February. A significant portion of our country experiences considerable cold and/or snow in the winters, and 2-wheel vehicles simply don’t work for those scenarios. Then there’s the 100 degree days in the…

The good old struggle of park rangers and trash can lids - dealing with the overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people.

Helsinki isn’t Florida.  You don’t really see headlines like...”Helsinki man...”

Came here to say the same... “The driver then drove around the gates, which were still down”. I’m sure at least one person in the firetruck was saying, “what the f*ck are you doing”? and then boom. 

The problem with trains is their path is so unpredictable, so often swerving at random.

Part of the problem is that it runs trains at high speeds through notoriously flat Florida where they cross 178 rail street-level crossings over 66.5 miles.

“The driver then drove around the gates”

Isn’t this more inter-city rail than commuter rail? In any case, it’s a very lazy, dangerous, cheap configuration in a state not known for having the best and brightest.

Part of the problem is that it runs trains at high speeds through notoriously flat Florida where they cross 178 rail street-level crossings over 66.5 miles.

What the hell about this is generic??

They could make the Kicks Play even cheaper by decontenting it, removing things like wheel covers, bumper covers, and side mirrors that their owners tend to remove anyway.

Boy, do I sure not understand these.  Sounds like a ton of future e-waste.

I could maybe argue the point, EVs in particular truck evs... are quite heavy so hitting a pothole at speed.... ok mayyyybe could do some serious damage.

um... this speaks volumes.

Potholes are the latest item to add to the list under the asterisk for the “designed for any planet” marketing.

Still the most amazing dipshits driving these things around.