I'm not sure what the actual coverage is (probably not much), but it's whatever is legally required in Wyoming. They do also include free emergency towing (I think it's a one-time thing, but I did need it once, so it was nice to have.)

Wow, that's nuts. I'm surprised the state and insurance companies are that intertwined. Although I guess it makes sense, since I makes both of them money.

You might want to check on that. I have "uninsured motorist coverage" on my policy, and when this happened I called them and asked them to cover my car. They explained to me that "uninsured motorist" means that my car is insured even if the driver isn't me (the motorist who is insured on the car). If I didn't have…

I'm a died-in-the-wool libertarian, but in spite of that, I wish all states had that. It'd make things a lot safer for those of us who obey the law.

Probably, but for someone driving without insurance on a suspended license, is threat of a felony really that much of a deterrent? I'm not disagreeing with you, just stating that sadly, the people who choose to drive without insurance probably aren't concerned about committing one more crime.

I'm pretty sure side marker lights are some of the least-thought about components of a car. It's amazing the lengths car companies will go not to give a stupId about them. Nobody is "into" side markers. Except me. So let's have a quiz about one of them!

Here in Wyoming, they make you show a piece of paper that states you have insurance. They don't look it up or anything It's not a special 'do-not-copy' paper, or anything like that; in fact, it's usually something the insurance company emails to you to print out yourself. It's super super easy to fake.

Eh, I guess it doesn't really matter. Reading your articles is kind of like watching TG:UK; 90% of the cars they talk about mean nothing to me, but they're still waaaaaay more fun to watch than TG:US. In fact, maybe it's the disconnect that makes it more interesting or entertaining. Dunno.

1) I agree wholeheartedly.

This. Exactly. Except I always loved to drive — my extended family are all 4-wheelers, and I think it rubbed off on me at an early age. But I never got into car culture before discovering Jalopnik. I also never really enjoyed working on cars until Jalopnik. And I definitely knew nothing about them, beyond the…

Interesting. That's definitely a plausible possibility. Here in Wyoming, everything has a different name. We moved here when I was 9, and I remember my parents having to re-learn a lot of things — for instance, here, ATVs are called '4-wheelers', but in Seattle they were called 'Quads'. Nobody here knows what a…

Doug, it's just not fair. You always write articles about things I have absolutely no interest in (heck, I'll never be able to afford a European trip, why should I care about their beige sedans?) In spite of that, I'm forced to read it, because yours are always the articles that make me literally laugh out loud. So…

Here in the states, they're commonly called trackhoes, and (based on what I've seen) everyone else in the world calls them an excavator. In pretty much everywhere, a backhoe has the hoe ....on the back. I wonder why Tata classes them as backhoes if it's on the front. Maybe a translation error? Or maybe they just…

Man, we need a spam flag here.

I think someone is jealous they didn't get invited to the picnic.

I agree that I'd love to see a side-by-side with a few other tiny cars. Everyone knows that tinier cars fare poorly comparied with larger cars; for Americans, the Smart Fortwo is the only car in its class that's widely available, so we always reduce it to "Smart=dangerous", but I'd love to see a comparison with…

Is there any such thing as a "minor head-on collision"?

I noticed that too; looks like a runoff path (they're pretty common around where I live), but it's interesting that it seems to start at the hole, rather than above it and simply having the hole in the middle of it. That would indicate that water has streamed down from there, starting at the hole, for at least one…

That's what happens when you let your designers drink on the job.

I absolutely second this. The '81 Goldwing I rode (and still have, in pieces) was a really understated bike. The 'in crowd' in my area all ride Harleys (I live near Sturgis, SD), with old geezers riding brand-new Goldwings and the young guys riding sport bikes, but the older touring bikes really get forgotten. …