I've no doubt that a large percentage of motorcycle accidents are caused by the carelessness of some drivers in larger vehicles. I would also suggest that a significant number of accidents arise out of the sheer recklessness of some motorcycle/bicycle riders.
Certainly. Those individuals incapable of the physical coordination and mental focus required to operate a motorcycle would Darwin themselves away before they even got behind the wheel of a car under my system.
I really like the suggestion someone else made in this thread about people on two-wheelers being immune to all traffic laws if they weren't wearing a helmet.
Seriously though, The System Is Broken. I'm all for privacy, but OTOH I think it would be nice if every car/truck/SUV contained technology that recorded each time the driver slammed on their brakes, turned without signalling, swerved, etc. This data could then be analyzed and used to punish bad/erratic drivers.
This would require cars that could be nerfed. Like if you made X number of lane changes in a single year without signalling, the DMV could make your steering wheel lock (or at least give increased resistance) unless the signal was active, effectively forcing you to signal before changing direction. If you constantly slam on your brakes, the DMV could lower the maximum speed of your car and possibly reduce the acceleration as well.
But it'll never happen. After all, as soon as we start taking away driving priviliges, the terrorists have won.
Anytime you're moving and your eyes aren't on the road, you're putting yourself and everyone around you at much greater risk.
When my regime rises to power, everyone will be required to ride a motorcycle for 1 year as their only motor vehicle before getting a license for a car. Weed out the bad drivers...
For one thing, many workers earning a salary of more than $65,000 a year will now be excluded from overtime -- at least 1.3 million workers, according to the EPI study.
It's hard to feel sorry for the people falling into this category when I'm at the grocery store trying to calculate how much I can afford to spend on rice and how much on ramen.
Thanks to the newest wonders of technology we can get robots to do our vacuuming, transmit pictures on our mobile phones and unlock our cars (and adjust their seats) merely by touching them. In the face of this wizardry, Stuart Jeffries has only one question: why?
As far as audio is concerned, I think the masses would be perfectly happy with a high-quality analog "rip", converted back into a digital format without any DRM.
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Hey NEC, we said we wanted laptops that are more PORTABLE, not more POTABLE...
I really like the suggestion someone else made in this thread about people on two-wheelers being immune to all traffic laws if they weren't wearing a helmet.
Seriously though, The System Is Broken. I'm all for privacy, but OTOH I think it would be nice if every car/truck/SUV contained technology that recorded each time the driver slammed on their brakes, turned without signalling, swerved, etc. This data could then be analyzed and used to punish bad/erratic drivers.
This would require cars that could be nerfed. Like if you made X number of lane changes in a single year without signalling, the DMV could make your steering wheel lock (or at least give increased resistance) unless the signal was active, effectively forcing you to signal before changing direction. If you constantly slam on your brakes, the DMV could lower the maximum speed of your car and possibly reduce the acceleration as well.
But it'll never happen. After all, as soon as we start taking away driving priviliges, the terrorists have won.
Anytime you're moving and your eyes aren't on the road, you're putting yourself and everyone around you at much greater risk. When my regime rises to power, everyone will be required to ride a motorcycle for 1 year as their only motor vehicle before getting a license for a car. Weed out the bad drivers...
If so, then surely (I hope) the justice system has set a date for some future action (hearing, trial, depositions, etc.)
Does no one know the next date that this case will be addressed by the justice system?
Or does SCO have yet to file a claim, and they will continue to spread FUD freely with no end in sight?
I am so sick of hearing about SCO.
They HAVE filed a lawsuit, yes?
When will there be an actual legal development, meaning what is the next noteworthy date in the legal proceedings of this case? (Hearing, trial, etc.)
Splinter Cell has a 3rd person playing perspective, ergo it is not an FPS.
CSNation reports that it will.
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"The package said 'Windows XP or better', so I installed Linux."
...can it run Half-Life 2?
I'm still pissed at Apple for not supporting Java 1.4 under 10.1
I expect they will pull the same shenanigans when Tiger (1.5) becomes available.
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Thanks to the newest wonders of technology we can get robots to do our vacuuming, transmit pictures on our mobile phones and unlock our cars (and adjust their seats) merely by touching them. In the face of this wizardry, Stuart Jeffries has only one question: why?
Because we can.
As far as audio is concerned, I think the masses would be perfectly happy with a high-quality analog "rip", converted back into a digital format without any DRM.