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Staff Writer at Jalopnik, learning pilot and does bus stuff. Smart Fortwo (x4), Honda Beat, Suzuki Every, VW Touareg V10, Passat TDI, Jetta TDI, Audi TT, Buell Lightning, Triumph Tiger, Genuine Stella

Okay, but the throttle pedal assy is connectorized, there’s canbus, PS (if equipped) in this car is electric, etc. Didnt have to go through all that with the servos....just sayin’ Read more

So, uh, Dakota...? You got any of that good blue stuff? Asking for a friend! Read more

Cops are more responsive to crimes against property then crimes against women.
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Four cops showed up, asked general questions, and called the Department of Sanitation. They were told that Sanitation hadn’t towed anything, and in fact doesn’t tow plated vehicles, and wouldn’t even be open to check until Monday. The cops then told me to call Sanitation the following day — Saturday, famous for not Read more

Can’t the CSI detectives just follow the trail of leaking blinker fluid?
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Sorry Gixxer DaSilva - that sucks, even if the end result wasn’t too bad... Read more

Yes, someone already tried suing the FAA, it was dismissed, and attempts to revive it have gone nowhere. Read more

The FAA and air traffic control are chronically understaffed. Read more

Except that the rapist trumpf initiated that program in his first presidency. And by the way its not only controllers that the FAA hires, they need mailroom clerks and janitors also. Hiring people with disabilities to perform non critical tasks gets them off welfare and into the workforce. Wouldn’t that actually be a Read more

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“Mountain States Legal Foundation”  Yeah, that’s an unimpeachable source.  Got one who isn’t falling off the right edge of the planet?
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What a fucking racist piece of shit thing to promote: Read more

I engage with ATC personnel dozens of times a year. While I don’t fly myself anymore, I ride right seat in a GA aircraft probably 100 hours/year, nearly always IFR, which means a lot of communication. On the ground, I design airport projects which interface with ATC rules, and often often have controllers as part of Read more

Naming an airport after the guy that fired 11,000 air traffic controllers is peak republican. Read more

If you’re traveling in the EU, my understanding is you can be treated by EU healthcare, which is much more affordable. I think most countries with universal healthcare are like that. Read more

wait, wait. Hear me out.
Let’s say we let them rush the planes with the help of Musk. What’s the worst that can happen? Since we know what is Boeing quality control these days....

Exactly. Read more

Collatoral personnel damange is a problem, but the thought of Trump and Musk flying together on a hastily assembled aircraft.... I mean, I see some upside potential.  Read more

“Ultimately, says Fresolone, if things escalate or otherwise go awry, the officer’s touch to the car’s taillight will have left a fingerprint in a place where investigators would know to look for it.” Read more