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Comment #34184505
It's absolutely mind boggling that this is downvoted? Are pods and bugs really that popular? Do people like slow subways and traffic filled freeways? Unless you benefit from reduce…
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Comment #32919376
Pretty much every post-conviction thing court mandates people pay for is a blatant cash grab from people nobody will stand up for. Interlocks are no different.
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Comment #32919339
> Not really sure what you're arguing for here. Are you for drunk driving or excessive speed driving or both? Your strawman is naked. You should dress him in some plausible deniabi…
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Comment #32844932
Even if they hadn't strategically picked that model of old car for maximum crunch factor anyone without a seat belt may as well be on a motorcycle. Edit: Deleted the rest of the co…
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Comment #32844585
>No one I've talked to is actually interested in the step-sibling fetish, I derive much enjoyment of the lewd but not pornographic memes and other humor it generates as a byproduct…
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Comment #32844061
Exactly once, in order to make it look like one of the TVs on our display wall, that was very much connected to a computer, was in fact connected to an old DVD player.
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Comment #32843755
You won't break anything without some big sticky tires to transmit that power to the ground and that (but for braking) is exactly my point.
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Comment #32842945
> If you're going to make blanket assertions that safety tests are invalid and/or that the engineers designing cars don't know what they're doing, some references are probably call…
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Comment #32839468
The kind of people who get rims repaired rather than just buying new (no doubt based on some hand-wavy BS about safety from someone who makes a margin on the rims they sell) don't …
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Comment #32839114
If the CV joint can handle peeling out it can handle brake torque. The link between tire and ground is basically always the weak point.
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Comment #32839028
Crumple zones perform a very specific function in the sequence of airbag deployment (letting the sensors crash and bags deploy before the cabin starts decelerating). The speed wind…
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Comment #32836821
The kind of person who doesn't understand that trailer tires have some pretty substantial tradeoffs in car use is not going to be loading their classic van heavily enough and then …
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Comment #32836751
It's the wide tire contact patch and not the big rims that are causing most of the problems you describe. This is typically papered over with tons of steering assist and geometry t…
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Comment #32836597
Letting the driver decide whether to coast or brake is far safer than making the decision for them.
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Comment #32835531
As a general rule the people I don't like are highly specialized computer technology professionals who have the hubris to think their level of in-field expertise carries over into …
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Comment #32835428
>My electric bill fluctuates so wildly based on how much This is a beyond dishonest excuse when your utility a) is likely required by state law to publicize rate changes in some ca…
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Comment #32829377
>make it absolutely explicitly clear that you can go to the on-site paramedics for anything and they won't incriminate you. There's surely a threshold at which they will gladly inc…
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Comment #32827486
Kubota doesn't have the breadth of product that Deere does especially at the large end. Doosan kind of does under their various brands but they don't really compete that hard in th…
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Comment #32826478
I agree it's gotten worse but is it a bad thing? I think the AOCs and MTGs and other politicians who's popularity is based on the fact that they are a caricature their base can ral…
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Comment #32825438
I would bet good money that whatever form "limit the damage" takes will be indistinguishable from "get their cut of this power to influence the masses" in practice. These are feder…
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Comment #32822416
> For all its faults, I love the US. I can go downtown with a sign that says "Not my president", and I may get some cheers, may get some boos. What I won't get is arrested. The sit…
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Comment #32822379
I agree it's stupid but can you imagine how HNers would react if a trailer so much dragged an outside dual on their shrubbery. The hand wringing would probably start a fire.
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Comment #32816838
"I literally don't have the time to cover the Indian Wars or Jim Crow south while still covering what I need to cover so my students can pass the state standardized test" -A teache…