The USA can barely even define what should be called a “high speed” rail because anything faster 110 is considered high speed by our standards. Our trains are basically just for cargo, and a lot of people hell bent on keeping it that way. 

This is an... interesting take.

with almost no protection or surveillance around these intersection

“The question is, should these trains be traveling at above-freeway speeds through neighborhoods across 178 street-crossings with almost no protection...This is clearly not suicides or recklessness when your private infrastructure reaches that kind of body count; it’s bad, lazy and, most importantly, profit-friendly…

The question is, should these trains be traveling at above-freeway speeds through neighborhoods across 178 street-crossings with almost no protection or surveillance around these intersections.

“The deadliest train line in America has killed 88 people in just 6 years.”

As an engineer/engineering manager, the problem is, alot of execs who didnt come from engineering find it hard to see the engineering value.

Management, especially at that level, will never internalize that mismanagement is the problem.

Our entire economy is run by institutional investors drunk on short-term profits. Like, ten billion in profit? That’s pretty good, man. You can fix a lot of problems with ten billion dollars.

I promise you, you’re not missing out on anything… not a God**** thing. Ford quality control is out of control… and my firsthand experience bears that out. I scoured the earth for a Mav hybrid last January, found one, pinched myself, and owned it for 4 days before it started to try to self-immolate.

the strength of our products and revenue has masked this dysfunctionality for a long time.

Welp that’s a mistake. the ONE THING you don’t want to do is piss off engineers when the real issue is likely mismanagement.

Wanted a Bronco = FORD TAKE MY MONEY.

Maybe the problem isn’t having too many engineers, but having too many executives with unrealistic ideas about their ability to predict the future.

The problem probably isn’t the engineers, but rather all of the different management teams who give the engineers ridiculous, conflicting directions and requirements.

You guys are terrible at stock photos. That’s not a 767.

(Ignore me, I’m just rubbing lemon juice and salt in my wounds)

Good to know Ford slashed prices for dealers. Now they get an even larger margin with their ADM.

I love how Volvo didn’t want to change the door dimensions for a wagon, so they just added some steel. :)

I’m surprised this is even NPOND entry. I love old Volvos, but this is a wreck. For $1,500, sure. Maybe $2K to account for market madness.