Yes. Well, no, but you could at least point out *why* you think it's a bad idea. Do you have a problem with cruise control too? You do realise that this is meant for long freeway drives, not complicated manoeuvring in urban areas, right?

I don't know about ford's implementation, but generally the idea is to give you not quite enough torque to stay in the lane. Take your hands off, and you *will* drift out of the lane. It just reduces fatigue on long drives, as it's the one doing the thinking, and you just provide a minor torque assist to it to confirm you're still awake and have your hands on the wheel.

And yes, of course you can override the damn thing with minimal force. Engineers aren't complete morons.

(I do love all the people who think this is a new invention. It's been in japanese vehicles since the mid 2000s.)

The entire western world bar the united states solved that problem decades ago (hint, doctors here aren't poor). Why is it that Americans think every problem is theirs and theirs alone? Is it that you think you are so advanced that no one could possibly have faced these problems before? Serious question. Those of us on the outside watching these debates go back and forth can't help but go WTF?!

Nope, currently in the house i grew up in for my whole childhood.

Seriously, this is the worst time for this poll. I normally live 2.5% away, but because it's christmas, i'm currently like 1 km from where i was born.

He said van. If it doesn't have windows and you aren't in his mirror, how is he going to see you? Cars do not have a blind spot unless you are a lazy driver, other vehicles *do*.

This is becoming a divergent version of Zeno's paradox.

Lol you say that like the equipment producing the neutrinos and detecting the neutrinos is easy to move around...

Human life is worth more than $157,000. Hell, many professionals earn that in 1-3 years. The total amount of money invested in someone in their 20s is a *lot* higher than that.

Censorship is orthogonal to left-right. Case in point Soviet Russia. It's only confusing if you think left == all that is good, and right == evil.

Also... it's a little rich calling Australia the censorship capital of the world. You must be very sheltered. In terms of freedom of the press, Australia is consistently ranked *higher* than the US.

Same deal in Australia (even the income threshold is similar). Our tuition is also heavily subsidised. The loan is only for like 1/4 of what an international student would pay.

Amounts to a modest increase in tax that can be ignored because it only kicks in when you are making enough to be able to ignore it. At the minimum rate (you can voluntarily pay it off faster), it's gone inside 10 years.

I think it's funny how Americans think all problems are either uniquely theirs or suffered by all people around the world. University funding, universal healthcare etc are problems most of the western world solved decades ago.

Assange is an Australian. But your point is still valid.

Dodgem cars? Really? I think you pretty much proved his point. If you don't get why some people like fast cars, fine. I'm not sure why the superior attitude is necessary. And hint: there's more to enjoying a sports car than the speed. It's the acceleration that counts.

WTF are you talking about? The Saturn V was a purpose-built human space flight rocket. It was never used or planed to be used by the Airforce as an ICBM. Sure, the early mercury rockets were converted ICBMs but that was more to do with the fact that they were behind and trying to catch up fast, and the ICBMs served the purpose.