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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

Dude, what's with the homophobia?

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 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."

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.

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.

That's hot...

I came here to post basically this. San Francisco is at least staving off complete takeover by the banks. Once you go cashless, they indeed have you by the balls.

Has it been demonstrated that increasing the number of e-scooters reduces the number of cars on the road?

What? In my city the speed limit is 25 unless otherwise posted. Most streets are not otherwise posted. I don't consider 25 MPH to be "extra high".