I've used these in racing cars, and the rear-vision at night is A-MAZ-ING! I think there is a case for using them in addition to the regular analogue counterparts, because they both have different properties that the other can't replicate.
Mirror - Depth perception, unpowered, great during the day.
Camera, Night vision, unobstructed view regardless of the load.
My father always used to say:
"Believe nothing that you read, and only half of what you see!"
That advice seems to have aged particularly well, so I now have passed it on to my children.
Users don't need more than 640k... oh, yes they do. Whoops!
Users don't need the Start Button... oh, yes they do. Whoops!
and now
Users don't need ALT-TAB... get your FSCKING hands off of my interface Microsoft!!!
The "cure" involves full-body irradiation to destroy the immune system, and then a bone-marrow transplant from someone that's HIV resistant. In general, these cures have been a side-effect of someone battling pretty serious cancer.
An Oyster card is an RFID card that you load credit on, or you can use any wireless Credit/Debit card at the barriers. In the case of London, there are so many stations on the network that some of them are unstaffed or don't have barriers in the first place. In this case there is a sensor pad to tap-in or out, but the onus is on the traveller to to so. These are much more frequent on the smaller stations served by the long distance trains which run into the main London stations.
If you don't tap-in but then tap-out, the system assumes you've made the longest journey possible on the "Tube" network, but in this case he took a very long train journey that was much more expensive. He knew the system and simply tapped out, thereby paying much less than he should have.
Hmmmm... they may still choose to prosecute, leaving a stain on your record. These are of older folks, but they were really taking the piss:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...
*Jonathan Burrows*
Millionaire city executive Jonathan Burrows was labelled the biggest fare dodger in history after agreeing to pay £43,000 to Southeastern trains in an out-of-court settlement.
He lost his job at asset manager BlackRock and was banned from working in the City for life when the five-year scam came to light, although he avoided prosecution. He insists that the true value of the fares he avoided runs to hundreds, not thousands, of pounds.
*Dr Peter Barnett*
International lawyer Dr Peter Barnett received a 16-week suspended sentence after admitting to a two-year scam in which he tapped-out his Oyster card at London’s Marylebone station, without having tapped-in, thereby incurring the maximum London Underground fare, rather than the true cost of commuting from his Oxfordshire home.
Chiltern Railways said that he had avoided £20,000 in fares, but the solicitor successfully argued that the true cost was only £6,000, which he paid back in full.
*Simon King*
City banker Simon King admitted an £8,000 two-year fraud in which he returned his annual season ticket for a refund, but not before he had photocopied it.
He then used the crude forgery to commute from his West Sussex home to London Bridge station, only being caught after a member of staff told him to insert the fake ticket into an electronic barrier. He received a community punishment.
True, that still happens... because the Tube is one of the best ways to get around, so EVERYONE uses is. I get 1 train per minute at my stop, and if there is a 2 minute delay in the service then it's so full you can't get on. Still, it beats trying to drive... what with the traffic, congestion charge (tax) rising to £24/day for diesel cars, then paying on average £42/day to park:
https://news.sky.com/story/die...
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/...
So you're stung for ~£66/day before you factor in your time, etc. Using a private car to commute into London is reserved for the 1%.
Definite thumbs-up for two wheels! When I can take a bike, it's certainly faster than the bus or tube as you say. Being a fair-weather cyclist, I tend not to cycle as much as I'd like... plus the statistics for incidence or crashes and injury to weigh on my mind. Even if you're a careful rider, the actions of another can have catastrophic consequences for the cyclist. Same goes if you're driving a car, but then it's more 50/50 about who bears the consequences... unlike 99/1 when it comes to cycling.
Interesting. Taking the London as an example:
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/a...
https://www.google.co.uk/searc...
So that's 10.2 billion / 8.1 million people... or £1,259 (1,620 USD) for each person. We could spread it across the country, but then we would need to include the costs for other transport companies.
Is it worth it?!? Maybe... but there are many angles to that argument.
I guess... yes. If you're independent enough at 4 years old to be swanning around London alone, then you get to pay for your own damn ticket!
To be honest, I've not had that for years. Yes it was very worrying, because what the hell was it? Brake dust, with added asbestos for extra flavour? Carbon from the electrics? Luckily the new trains don't seem to be anywhere near as dirty as the old ones, so black snot is a thing of the past.
I find it hard to imagine that they used to run steam trains burning coal through these tunnels. How disgusting would that have been!
It only works in places where the majority use Public Transit. I also lived in a smaller town in Australia for a while, and the public transit was a joke... so everyone drives. But, where it can work, it should be encouraged.
Free tickets for kids is just so normal here, that it's hard to imagine any other way. Consider it an early intro to public transit, so that as they grow up it's not a big boogeyman that they need to confront. It's just a normal part of getting around the city.
That is sometimes true, but in London (and I suspect other big cities with metro systems like New York, Paris, etc.) it's usually the fastest way from A to B. Even the famous Black Cab with their privileged use of Bus Lanes, and intricate knowledge of the streets can't compete with the speed of a Tube Train through the centre of London.
It's not as bad as you imagine because everyone in London uses the tube, not just those that are downtrodden and smelly. In fact, many of the trains on the network are quite decent in comparison to what springs to mind when the phrase "public transport" is used:
http://www.railtechnologymagaz...
https://londonist.com/london/t...
Then you have the inter-city trains, like the one from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam etc. There's no comparison to flying:
Glad to see other cities catching up, as enabling use of public transit is one of the best ways to reduce traffic, pollution, etc
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-...
Under 5 - Free with a paying adult
5 to 10 - Free with a paying adult, or on their own by using a free Oyster card
11 to 15 - Free when using a free Oyster card
16 to 17 - Free when using a free Oyster card... but only if you LIVE in London.
For God's sake, stop researching for a while and begin to think!
