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[Rolan7]

Edit: Sorry for the pageroll Dostoevsky. I'd reply but I don't know much about the debt ceiling.
Due to blind spots, many large vehicles are far more dangerous even if we for some reason assume their drivers are all competent.  They're plainly more dangerous in the hands of real average drivers due to their high hoods overrunning pedestrians rather than the pedestrians landing on the hood of a normal car.

That's probably that "bumper strike height" McTraveller is mentioning.  I hope they're "working on it", I guess, but there's a lot of truth to SUVs having a "I'm safe fuck everyone else" design philosophy.

I'm mostly remembering this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
It has a ton of interesting citations but one of the more chilling parts, relevant to this talk about blind spots, was about the *front* blind spot of these SUVs.
Here's a timestamp to some visual demonstration: https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo?t=570
But he's essentially just sharing the information found here: https://www.kidsandcars.org/how-kids-get-hurt/frontovers/

Anyway I want a rear-camera because I can't parallel park for shit.  I don't know if it saves enough human lives to justify the additional expense, I'm not a profit-driven insurance company, but they're handy

[Dostoevsky]

Edit: Sorry for the pageroll Dostoevsky. I'd reply but I don't know much about the debt ceiling.

I am A-Okay with not talking about the debt ceiling, hah.

And I regret to inform you that getting a rear camera didn't solve my parallel parking issues. Whenever I remember where to line up my car with the car in front for the 'turn in' moment it's fine, but whenever I forget (most of the time) nothing can save me.

[jipehog]

Parallel parking is not that hard. The trick that I was taught is to park parallel to the car in front, break wheel move back until the mirror aligns with curve and break again. Problem it take a little practice to find the exact spot with different cars, and annoying if you haven't done so and your first attempt is on a busy street with impatient people.

Rear-camera make thing much easier, no familiarity needed, just align path before the curve. And presumably even easier with 360 cams which solve all your blind spots issue.

[EuchreJack]

...or just get one of those cars that parallel park for you.

[Dostoevsky]

Rear-camera make thing much easier, no familiarity needed, just align path before the curve. And presumably even easier with 360 cams which solve all your blind spots issue.

For what it's worth, only some brands have the indicator lines curve when you move your wheel. Heck, some brands don't even have anything beyond the most basic distance markers while being a teeny-tiny screen.

[Robsoie]

EDIT: oddly, car fatalities in the US were on a downward trend until we had more ADAS systems, lulling people into a false sense of security.

While I do like rear cameras, I do not like ADAS stuff. I'd consider them pretty different types of features.

Agreed on this though. All the driving assistance features are not necessary IF you already pay attention. Collision warnings, road drift, speed limit notifications....none of that is necessary for a competent driver who is actually paying attention. And frankly, for how much time you have to react I don't feel like those features are really all that useful. The road drift might be useful if you're sleepy at the wheel.....but then again you SHOULDNT be driving in that state anyways.

The ADATS system should help with the shortcomings of the ADAS one

[McTraveller]

Ugh the US Presidential campaign season has now gotten well underway.

[hector13]

I’m in a swing state so yay me.

I don’t even have cable and it’s going to be horrific.

[jipehog]

For what it's worth, only some brands have the indicator lines curve when you move your wheel. Heck, some brands don't even have anything beyond the most basic distance markers while being a teeny-tiny screen.

I could be wrong but it doesn't feel like it from what I seen. I am not talking luxury/top tier car fresh from shop either but newish mid tier second hand. Maybe its just this Asian brand that spoiled me.

[Schmaven]

People should still get enough practice with not using the backup cameras in regions with bad weather.  Mine is often so covered with mud or road grime that it's completely useless, and mirrors / turning around to look are the only options.  Well, other than just blindly going for it, that's always an option.  I do recall a time when I saw someone back up into a tree because they were using the backup camera exclusively, but the branch was too high for them to see, and the top of their truck cap got a nice dent in it.

[jipehog]

According to the headlines DeSantis strategy to go to Twitter ahead of Fox as means to positioned himself as someone outside the political media establishment has backed fired. I also hear that his personal skill aren't great. Does DeSantis have a chance winning against Trump? And which one of them has better chance to loose against Biden?

EDIT: also downgrades to to USA credit rating.. tsk tsk tsk

[lemon10]

It's definitely possible, trump has had a record of losing the last few elections (both 2020 and his backed candidates in 2022).

Nearly everything is permissible for a fascist/dictator/strongman, but losing? Well that's a horse of a different color.

He's still the frontrunner by a clear margin and desantis has made some rather large mistakes (picking a fight with Disney? Really? How could he possibly think that's a good idea?) so his odds aren't great, but desantis vs Biden is totally possible (and imo a much more worrying race then trump vs Biden would be).

E: Hell, its possible Trump is in prison or too sick to walk come primary season; he probably won't be, but if he is Desantis would be the clear frontrunner.

[Starver]

(Darnit, hit the wrong button and lost my whole considered reply.)

Summary: Desantis is far behind the lead, but everyone else seems to be even further behind him. If Florida Man #1 fell out of the race/developed a limp, Florida Man #2 has the chance. Both would need to fall for anyone else to get that chance. Or develop a surprise groundswell of support that it's hard to see coming.

Haley seems to work best, in this regard, from what I know. Not sure how much "best contender" or how much "best if she won in 2024" I mean, in that mix, but perhaps there's some key points of sanity there. I've never (otherwise) heard of Eldar, though no doubt everyone in the US was at least aware of his TV show; I think that if he hasn't got a good background rumbling going on (not heard of, from this side of the Pond) then this actually counts for little. Ramaswaky seems to untick all the boxes, AFAIK, I doubt he can get R support and (if he did) he's not likely to get non-R 'floating voters' and fickle-Ds to give him the big prize at the end of it. Hutchinson at least ticks a lot of the perrenially desired R-credentials, from his past positions. The other five currently in the frame seem to be nowhere near, also.


On the other side of the aisle, Biden (so long as there's no good reason to back down) seems to be the better choice by clear default. Ok, so maybe it'd be interesting to see another Kennedy standing there (or 'interesting'), but I'd put shorter odds on Harris finding herself the defending incumbant than on anyone (including Harris, should she stop being the tagalong ticket by more normal means) becoming the challenging national candidate.


Not that I have my ear that close to the ground[1], so perhaps I'm just not awake to all the possibilities and undercurrents. You'd have no reason to believe I know anything and, based on past prognostications, you'd probably be right not to...

[1] Not since I got run over by that stagecoach!

[da_nang]

U.S. Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge [in a 5-2-3-4-0 ruling].

An adjacent wetland in the Clean Waters Act now requires a continuous surface connection to waters of the United States.

EDIT: added adjacent.

[PTTG??]

Haven't checked politics since my last post. I take it things are going OK still?