The poorest drivers probably own the lion's share of them. Individuals are likely even aware of their vehicle's condition.

Hell, many of them probably wish they could afford to repair or replace the jalopies...sigh, fucking poor people are killing us again.

No, but it makes it less likely to be legislated into that condition.

Free room and board seeker.

I believe the point of the verbal exercise is to gain an admission from the officer that he/she has chosen to detain you. Detaining a citizen implies things like probable cause and such, which may not exist. The point is, the leo will know exactly what you are asking.

You're both not wrong, of course...

But. In exchange for the lack of personal inconvenience your compliance ensures, your rights die just a tiny bit.

I understand the wisdom of not getting cross with the leos, and admit there are immediate and everlasting benefits, but know there are consequences as well.

Every year, it seems more and more like I'm on the planet Krypton and the scientists are arguing with the politicians in a language the pols do not well understand.

Ordovician... Jurassic... at too long an interval, we are all doomed to repeat what we have no chance to remember.

Or money, from weekly tithes, for that matter...

Encouraging animosity toward the World's billions of non-revolutionary Muslims has to be one of the main goals of those engaged in these attacks.

That is how it's done.... grow your army and such by making innocents also hate your enemies.

landing on a remote-control barge in the ocean to maximize rocket recyclability.

Expectation.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

If you steal for a living, and you haven't watched enough crime TV to know you don't want to be carrying a subscription cell phone with you on game night,

shit, you need to investigate another line of work.

Attention to detail is not your strong suit.

Two words put together by no one ever who sounded authentic.

Fairly or not, just like the "coach", he is rewarded too much for the victories and berated too much for the losses.

One of my hands is a crafty devil, and he has come up with more than a few epic one liners and (+5 insightful) comments in his day. We debate often about the likelihood that even his very best idea was ever truly original, given the 107 {+/-} billion humans to have ever lived. Our consensus is, despite the probability someone has built that mousetrap before, there is no shame in hitting the nail squarely on the head a second, independent, time.

Innovative thinking is often modded down by conventional wisdom.

To be fair, there is usually a great deal of noise to sift through in any given period.