Posted on 03/09/2024 7:09:04 AM PST by bitt
Mirrors my experience in Kaohsiung, but the drivers and cabbies were more or less sane.
” an Asian friend of my wife, who was born in Taiwan, says Asian women are the worst drivers “
I lived there a few years in the 60s. We were told Right-of-Way was determined by gross vehicle weight! Good advice to always assume that...
Driving in the Philippines, it was a good idea to wear mirror sunglasses. If another driver could make eye contact, they assumed they had the right to pull out in front of you. With mirror glasses, they never made eye contact and would hesitate.
Comedy of errors rescue attempt but at least there was one. Not like poor Mary Joe Kopechne waiting for that b@stard Ted Kennedy.
How I wish I could afford to hire a Chinese cook.
Yup.
Throttle has not been connected directly to the engine or motor for a long time. Brakes are transitioning to full electronic control for power regen. Steering on many cars is electric powered with the steering column being more of a fail safe and we are an automotive technology generation or so away from fully electronic steering where the steering wheel is not connected to the wheels.
It all works great right up until it doesn't
“Comedy of errors rescue attempt but at least there was one.”
It was a gathering of Harvard grads. They are generally unfit for the real world.
Our “betters”.
Asian women drivers...
The most dangerous creatures in Hawaii. Lived there a couple of years.
Couple days ago I had the throttle stick on my truck.
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And on that theme, here’s a piece that came out the other day that certainly gives one pause for thought....
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/03/07/ev-malfunctions-at-100mph-and-wont-stop-forcing-police-to-ram-it-off-the-road/
“An electric car driver whose £80,000 Jaguar I-Pace “went rogue” on the M62 has told of his terror as he pressed the brakes and his car sped up, forcing him to swerve through traffic at speeds of up to 100mph.”
And this is what happens when the humans don’t have enough control because it has all been handed over to the machines…
I knew a guy who was killed when he forgot to set his parking brake. As he got out of his car it started to roll and came to a rest with his neck wedged against the door and a dumpster. DOA.
I have friends and colleagues who cheerfully established “Smart Homes” with everything (including entry locks and faucets) on-line and managed by AI.
Meanwhile, my friends who are in the tech industry insist on keeping everything archaic...
When your car can do 0 to 60 mph in under 3 seconds, she could have been going pretty darn fast, and with the torque and weight on a Tesla it does not take much speed to pull it up an embankment.
You don’t realize how hackable a Tesla is, everything is run on software from the brakes, accelerator, and steering.
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This and the fact that one no longer is driving a ‘car’ but a ‘computer with 4 wheels with extensive surveillance capabilities’ is the primary reason why the vehicles I own are all about 15 years old. Until that changes (which will be never), I keep a good relationship with my buddy who runs Doug’s Garage....
Was Ted Kennedy seen leaving the scene?
Doesn’t Tesla advertise how un-breakable their windows are? Or are those only special versions of their cars?
In this case, its not good.
Disagree. Chao was one of the globo-whores Mitch utized to make a fortune off selling his office to the Chinese.
Hope her end was horrific and the McConnels got to listen her very last gurlges. Maybe the POS Mitch cans join her in the graveyard ASAP.
I worked at a plant on the Korea east coast in the late 90’s.
We had a lot of engineers that grew up and got their degrees in Seoul. Most had never been in a private car till they came to the jobsite.
Were you there when the Nork submarine washed up in Kangneung?
“Doesn’t Tesla advertise how un-breakable their windows are? Or are those only special versions of their cars?”
Not car. Cybertruck
I thought Tesla’s floated…… ??
In an all electric vehicle, once the system shorts-out, the windows don't roll down and the doors likely lock shut.
Doubtful that many 50 year old women have the capacity to break out a window in a Tesla.
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