“As if no day could ever come when that which went over the Devil’s back will buckle under his belly.”

Was she a liberatarian? I don’t care! She’s a hero just for writing that line.

And this, too:

“I see, too, that while we all talk about justice more than any other quality on earth, there is no such thing as justice in the absolute in this word. We are too human to conceive of it. We all want the breaks, and what seems just to us is just what favors our wishes. If we did not feel that way, there would be no monuments to conquerors in our high places.”

In a just world this site would hold the owners up to ridicule, not the dogs.

I think the big draw for a lot of people, including myself, is that it’s a vehicle that fills a niche that really isn’t filled by a production vehicle yet (kinda like the Honda Insight did): a commuter vehicle which has virtually no gas usage, and has advanced features like the full time climate control, powered by solar. And to go along with that, it has extremely distinctive looks. It’s something you’ll love or hate, but not something you can ignore at this point.

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I really enjoyed the link about Zora Neale Hurston. I know your site is geared for current events, but few more links here and there about historical libertarianism and intellectuals is a good change of pace. Sometimes I need a break from the anger I feel from reading about police abuse and the totalitarianism of the present.

Ms. Leslie Blakey & National Campaign to Stop Red Light Running,
I encourage you to abandon this Campaign. While encouraged in the name of saving lives and preventing accidents Red Light cameras are often thinly veiled attempts at revenue collection, many times the technology doesn’t work, and that crashes and several studies have shown the opposite of your claims that accidents (both injury and non-injury) INCREASE with the installation of cameras.
For information on the increases in accident and injuries I encourage you to view the studies published by researchers at University of South Florida College of Public Health which showed that “Rather than improving motorist safety, red-light cameras significantly increase crashes and are a ticket to higher auto insurance premiums” (emphasis mine) (http://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/now/?p=404) or the Virginia DOT which showed that “researchers found a “definite” increase in rear-end accidents and only a “possible” decrease in angle accidents. Most importantly, the net effect was that more injuries happened after cameras are installed.” (emphasis mine) (http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/news.asp?ID=117), likewise Portland, OR saw a 140% increase in accidents after cameras were installed (http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/2420766.html). An investigation in Cleveland has shown no significant decrease in accidents at camera enforced intersections, while some intersection did show a dramatic decrease those were offset by other intersections that show equally dramatic increases. (http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13333662/detail.html)
To read more about the problems with the technology, or the operators of the technology you can read more about Cleveland where motorist were able to prove the technology was flawed (http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10901008/detail.html). Many cities are shortening the length of yellow lights at intersections, in order to increase revenue, at the expense of safety (http://www.leftlanenews.com/six-us-cities-tamper-with-traffic-cameras-for-profit.html) The LA Times Reports that 80% of people ticketed by red light cameras are people making a right on red, and Mark Burkey, a researcher at North Carolina A&T State University who has studied photo enforcement collision patterns, said that he has never seen any studies even suggest that the cameras “would be a good safety intervention to reduce right-turning accidents” (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-redlight19-2008may19,0,3445983,full.story)

I do agree the driving can be dangerous, and the results of people running red lights are often tragic, but trying to force a nationwide adoption of a failed, and oft corrupt, program, is not only a bad idea, but morally reprehensible. I encourage you to continue working on ways to save lives, an honorable quest, but please try to find new, creative solutions they may be proven successful. I will be sharing this letter publicly in as many places as possible, and will also post your response, if you wish, wherever I am able to where my letter is published.
Thank You,
Xaq Fixx

Yes, it’s smaller than a SUV. And noone’s making you buy one. But I certainly would. And size-wise, it’s no smaller than other small cars that are around now, which are not considered ‘death traps’.

The Typ-1e is a full electric vehicle, and as such it doesn’t have a MPG figure. At all. And the forthcoming Typ-1h plug-in hybrid has an average of 300 mpg after 120 miles from starting with a full charge. A better value to use would be the constant 130 MPG it will get with the batteries not charged, but this also discounts the contribution of the ‘plug-in’ part of the hybrid. But for direct comparison to existing vehicles, that’s the better figure to use.

Like I said, I think it’s a tremendous vehicle, and I’d love to have one. But I’m not moving to California to get one.

Can anyone conjecture why SW is signing on to this rubbish?

Oh, wait, they’re not even trying to hide it:
http://www.stopredlightrunning.com/html/about-sponsors.htm

The Ladies’ Home Journal folks should be ashamed.