Big Cars are killing Americans

[MossRoad]

Our local city buses have bike racks on the front. You can ride your bike to the bus stop, load it on the bike rack, and go where you need to go.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

Yes, we need better affordable public transportation in urban areas. However, it's just too expensive for sparsely populated areas.

And I would have had a hard time carrying the ton of wood pellets I brought home today, and the mile and a half walk from the public road to the house would have been a little difficult, especially if I were carrying those pellets.

 

[MasseyFerg231]

I’ll get a smart car right after they start making smart concrete trucks.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

I’ll get a smart car right after they start making smart concrete trucks.

I worked for a gravel and ready-mix company before I retired. The founder of the company affectionately known as "Chief" had a riddle he told often:
"Do you know why there is only one seat in a mixer truck?


Answer: "So the driver will know where to sit."

He had been dealing with drivers of varying skills for 60 years, so it is the voice of experience.

 

[mikester]

My complaint is with the numbnuts driving around with large empty low hanging trailer hitches or bike racks. It's bad enough that new pickup truck bumpers are higher than car bumpers, I see lots of new dimples in the fronts of cars in parking lots caused by soccer moms and poser dads backing up their monster trucks until the trailer hitches connect with the front ends of someone elses vehicles.

 

[LouNY]

My complaint is with the numbnuts driving around with large empty low hanging trailer hitches or bike racks. It's bad enough that new pickup truck bumpers are higher than car bumpers, I see lots of new dimples in the fronts of cars in parking lots caused by soccer moms and poser dads backing up their monster trucks until the trailer hitches connect with the front ends of someone elses vehicles.

I leave my hitch in on my pickup, for the idiots that park by feel.

 

[Tinhack]

I leave my hitch in on my pickup, for the idiots that park by feel.

Or those that back up without looking. I spotted fresh paint chips on mine. I put the hitch in since I was going to pick up a new Rotary Cutter. Forgot to take it out then went to the grocery store. When I did go to take it out, there was the paint. That had to leave a mark. At least it protected my spare tire. I think I'll get a lock for mine and leave it in now.

With all the self driving cars or drivers with a phone in one hand and coffee in the other, I wish I had an old Army tank to drive.

 

[Egon]

There are places where the bumper hitch must be removed from its sleeve if it is not being used.

 

[5030]

Should lawyers be allowed to advertise their services?

I call them 'ambulance chasers'..