nomadpete

What? I am aghast! (Sp?) Unfknbeleeevable! Our most qualified and trusted IT/coder/computing expert is not a Apple adopter? No. I don't believe it.

I have seen pictures of deer, roo or donkey, etc that have gone straight through the windscreen. There are less complicated ways to prevent unwanted pedestrian or animal entry via windscreens. Way back, a friend bought a Citroen ID19. The bonnet didn't match the rest of the car. "Oh," said seller, "I hit a horse, it rolled up the bonnet and went over the roof!" The beast had deformed the bonnet but I think the roof is glassfibre so it just flexed. Personally, I have been hit by a car and my biggest fear at the time was that the driver predictably hit the brakes and as there is nothing on a windscreen to hold onto, I slid off the bonnet and nearly went under the vehicle. All these newfangled mechanisms are unlikely to prevent this.

Sounds very therapeutic Jerry. It's definitely improved your typing. And every time you mention CBT, I am seeing 'Cognitive Behaviour Therapy'.

I'd say the same about your motocross track..... that you call a driveway.

Attitude?

I believe some european vehicles (eg Volvo) have a front bumper bar airbag for this purpose. The plastic bumper drops and the airbag pops up.

Alternatively, we could possibly improve the driving culture. If motorists respected the safety of others, there would not be a need for these speed bumps. Basically when we get behind the wheel, we suddenly act like we are ALL great drivers, and we ALL know better than the experts who put up speed limits for proven good reasons. I know because I AM a great driver (not like youse cretins).

Hey at least Nigel never put 100% tariffs on us for.... anything.

Sadly, recent years have seen our Aunte turning more Merdokian. There are numerous poorly researched opinionised news articles. Disenfranchised news consumers turn to social media in search of confirmation of facts (tru facts, not trumpfarts). Then they get caught up in all kinds of semilogical misinformation from glib clickbait heros. No wonder so many people end up trapped by popular social media.

Further to vehicle crash safety: Last night I was talking with a Road Crash guy (he's the one who operates 'jaws of life' to cut trapped folk out of crashed cars). His hates those European cars - they are much harder to cut up! Much tougher reinforcement is built into them - sometimes it breaks the jaws. I admit he didn't comment on chinese cars.

Aaah, but isn't Drive.com owned by Merdok? Besides, how much are ANCAP safety ratings depending on chinese chip manufacturing? Will they still be safe when the next software update is rolled out? I want to believe it but why should I? I'll get my hat.....

Very possible. I found it in an echo chamber. Do we have any way to find truth tgese days?

I used to worry about Donold. Then I thought about Don Jr. I really hope this isn't developing into a dynasty..... Yeah, no matter how bad everything gets, things can always get worse.

Beware of random thoughts...