That's what I'm constantly telling people who talk about "how when they were kids they could play in the street without worry."
Exactly - but there are a lot more cars on the road now than when i was growing up...
If you get dirty doing dressage, you're not doing it right.
And by the looks of it those things don't have the ground clearance for serious off roading.
which would have been hard to miss for anyone in the UK, given the saturation coverage this has been receiving.
Yeah, it's a sick joke. But being offensive shouldn't be a crime.
There's no god-given right to overtake. If you can't overtake safely and legally, just don't.
I know in New Orleans, for a LARGE part of the year...it is easily 95F or greater with humidity close to 100%...I dunno how you do it biking to work, but if I was to bike to work in that, I"d be a stinky, sweat soaked mess, not looking professional at all for work, which just isn't going to work
I know this is a radical idea on
I'm guessing you must live quite close to work? I live closer than most I work with to my worksite....and even speeding on non too busy roads (avg 50mph )..it takes me 7-10 minutes. On a bicycle, it would take me 45 minutes or an hour each way....why would I want to do that to myself?
I don't have enough hours n the day to do MY stuff as it is....why waste that much extra time in transit if I don't have to.
So you live (assuming your average speed is accurate) 5-8 miles from the office. That'd take you 20-30 minutes on a bike, once you're reasonably fit.
And unlike the driving time, which is wasted, you'd rack up an hour of good quality aerobic exercise a day. For free. Not to mention saving money on gas.
Why don't we solve the main problem...that non-motorized traffic does NOT belong on the same road as motorized traffic....an exception being that if there is a special bike lane there.
That's a great solution. Given the logistics in cities, which are you going to ban from the roads - cars, or people?
well, it worked for the London Eye. IIRC that was supposed to be a one year thing at the millennium, and, last I checked, people are still queuing up for it now.
As long as the views are good, I can see this being a success.
The ones with you will be fine, it's the passengers underneath you that you should worry about
So this is going to be like the London Eye, but 1/3 bigger? Neat, but hardly "unlike anything else" then.
No, they have an absurd system where the car needs to pass an inspection every 2 year
Outrageous. In Europe, cars get inspected every year (with a two year exemption for new cars) [YMMW, haven't checked all countries, etc pp., E&OE]
throw in compulsory auto insurance
compulsory insurance? The devils!
What this also insures is that there is never an unsafe or rust bucket type car on the road.
And that's a bad thing why?
Bottles can also be reused (not only recycled).
Indeed. That's the whole point.
The problem with glass is that it requires more energy to make than a can
Not sure about that. Aluminium is very energy intensive to produce, and of course the cost of the glass bottle is amortized over tens (or hundreds) of uses.
AND more energy and water to wash a bottle before reuse than to make a can.
I think anyone who has ever washed dishes would disagree with that.
The big problem with glass bottles is that they are heavy. That increases transport costs, reduces stock density, and reduces sales. People can pick up a two litre plastic bottle quite comfortably - a two litre glass bottle would be a lot heavier.
Who said that I want to "destroy HFT"? Where does that come out of? It is a market decision what to do with HFT, the reason that the HFT are taking over though, is a response to the free money that is provided by the gov't to the banks and thus various 'investor' firms to gamble with. The reason people gamble with money is because it's not real, it's fake. You don't gamble, you don't take crazy risks with your actual savings. Also you don't gamble if you don't expect to be bailed out
All the people who've gone to 'Vegas and lost their shirt (or at least lost money they couldn't afford to lose) disprove your point.
There are also a large number of Irish people, a significant fraction of which used to sympathise with the the IRA.....
True, but for a young driver in the UK, faced with car insurance that costs more per year than his car cost to buy, it might be an acceptable compromise.
even though the overwhelming majority of the population supported the ban.
citation, please.
I'm pretty sure the "overwhelming majority of the population" doesn't give a fuck one way or the other. The majority of eligible voters don't even bother to vote these days.
Makes no difference.
This place just isn't big enough for all of us. We've got to find a way off this planet.
