" When the GP's hair, teeth and eyes are all over the highway, someone else is going to want to know who was responsible."
Yes, the lawyers of the involved insurances deal with that, nobody really cares.
Do they do so without a policy holder? I would think the policy holder would care. You know, since they filed the claim in the first place.
Define "going slow"? I often see Smart4two or Priii going at the posted limit in the left lane. It would be illegal to go any faster even though 90% of drivers will, provided they pass that idiot on the right.
They still shouldn't be there. The left lane is for passing. If they are not passing, they should move over. They are not law enforcement and should not impede the flow of traffic.
If 90% of drivers are breaking the speed limit, it's an indication that the limit is too low, IMO. But that's another topic.
"initiate a pass on the right on a two-lane divided highway" I don't know but isn't that illegal in EVERY state with right-hand drive? That's some fail-o-pilot, holy shit that would get people killed right and left. But mostly right!
No, it's not. At least in Massachusetts it is not illegal to pass on the right. I avoid it if I can, because it is less safe. But as mspohr points out below, too many drivers don't have any kind of lane discipline. Hell, most people think the left lane is the "fast" lane, rather than the passing lane. And they're going fast enough already!
Insurance? You're worried about insuarance???? It's your hair, teeth, and eyes all over the highway that you should be worried about. Insurance doesn't really even enter the safety picture...
This is true. But liability is going to be a big issue with self-driving cars, and has already stopped a pilot program (read about it a week or so ago, can't find the article now). When the GP's hair, teeth and eyes are all over the highway, someone else is going to want to know who was responsible.
Call me old fashioned, but how about people just drive while they drive?
Because most people don't drive for the sake of driving. It is usually considered wasted time, when one would rather be preoccupied with something else. I know I'd rather be reading when stuck in traffic, than watching for car in front of me to inch forward so I can inch forward too.
Perhaps you mean how about people just drive, and not use driver assist technologies until autonomous driving is fully matured? Tech needs its early adopters. The risks involved seem much less exceptional when taking into consideration how many accidents occur from distracted driving, (i.e. texting) or driving under the influence, or even just poor reflexes and vision due to advanced age.
Good music, podcasts and audio books are things. So I'm effectively reading while I drive.
My real issue with semi-autonomous driving is that when people don't really have to pay attention, they don't. Tesla says the driver is supposed to be able to take control at a moment's notice. But when the car is mostly driving itself, the driver's attention wanders. It's just how most people are.
When I broke my collar bone I was prescribed "Tylenol with Codeine" (generic Vicodin) for the pain. Didn't do shit. I went back to the doctor and requested brand name Vicodin. It worked much better.
As a result, Eban says, generic drugs sometimes go to market in the U.S. without proper vetting. She describes the FDA as "overwhelmed and underresourced" in its efforts to ensure the safety of overseas drug production.
This is what happens when so many people are convinced that taxes are always bad, and government is always the problem. Turns out that some government agencies and functions are really beneficial and should be funded so that they are effective. I think a lot of people don't really understand and appreciate how much the government does for them to make their lives better. Sure, waste and fraud exist, and we should be watchful for that. But not to the point where we throw the baby out with the bath water.
Dude whatever you are smoking, pass it around
Eh, considering that post, I want something better than what he's got.
Call me old fashioned, but how about people just drive while they drive?
The US has 39 times the population of Switzerland. What works for a smaller population wouldn't necessarily be as effective as a much larger sample size.
Care to back that up with, like, anything? Why would population size have an effect on a program like this? Would we be spending too much money on heroin or something?
Thanks for the Louisiana faggot traitor's perspective. Thank GOD someone as stupid as you've been proven to be over the years here isn't in charge of "that which we need" derp.
Dude, what's with the homophobia?
It's not enough to have a drugged-up citizenry, they now have to decriminalize more drugs? Fucking stupid potheads.
If the citizenry is already drugged-up, what good is the prohibition doing?
I would also guess that you have never tried psilocybin mushrooms. They can be quite valuable when used correctly. In my estimation a lot of people could stand to have their consciousness expanded.
If it's isolated to a singular state, and state agencies are investigating, why would a federal agency get involved? If it's determined to cross state lines then of course a federal agency will get involved. Why are people so ignorant of this?
If you had read the article, you would know. Ignorant, indeed.
Frontier is receiving $283.4 million each year from the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF) between 2015 and 2020 to provide rural Internet service in parts of 28 states, including $27.6 million a year in Minnesota. The buildouts are being financed by phone customers nationwide through universal service fees. Smith and Sen. Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) letter to Pai in March asked him to investigate "whether the company [Frontier] is in compliance with CAF funding requirements as designated by the agency." The senators' letter noted that "Frontier has received more than $100 million in federal funding over the last four years to improve broadband services in rural Minnesota," and that the state investigation found that "Frontier may be underinvesting in its service areas for which it received federal subsidies to build out its broadband network."
They need to stamp out the robo-callers. Until that's done, they have no other priorities as far as I'm concerned.
Seriously? Just don't answer the phone. Or do what I do; play along until they realize you are trying to waste their time and start swearing at you. I find that really fun and satisfying.
As a non american this whole thing has a stink to me of corruption, although a lot of your politics does (no offence, you folks just seem pretty tolerant of money in politics).
Do you guys have an independent (ie beyond the whitehouses reach) corruption watchdog? Cos this dude seriously needs to be refered to it to find out whos fucking payroll he's on.
Oh, yeah, we got lots of corruption here. That's what happens when various corporate interests effectively take over the government. The vast majority of the population have been shut out of the political process, at least at the state and national level. They can vote every few years for Kang or Kodos and nothing much changes.
The USA is effectively an oligarchy at this point. I think most Americans realize this on some level. But we don't want to admit how bad things really are. We have a self image as the Greatest Democracy In The World. Our national narcissism prevents us from honestly taking stock of the situation.
...San Francisco has MANDATED everyone wear assless chaps, considering how this is the Towne of Faggotry.
That's hot...
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