2010/2/10-3/9 [Transportation/Car] UID:53699 Activity:low | 2/10 About the Lexus that crashed because of (supposedly) a stuck
accelerator padel, why didn't the driver simply put the transmission
in Neutral? If the cop passenger had time to press at least one
button to dial 911, wait for the call to be picked up, and had a
10-second-plus conversation with the operator (which was played back
in media reports), wasn't there much more than enough time to tell the
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2009/3/26-4/2 [Recreation/Dating, Transportation/Airplane] UID:52756 Activity:moderate | 3/26 I've never been to Hawaii before, but I just booked a flight to
Kauai for me and my gf (who has been to Oahu). I'd like some
travel advice. Which side of the island to stay on, what not to
miss, etc.
\_ There's not a huge amount of choice as to "where to stay",
it's a small island. Shell out the $$$$ for a helicopter
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2012/3/5-26 [Reference/BayArea, Transportation/Car] UID:54326 Activity:nil | 3/5 What's a good place in the south bay for families where you can
meet other stroller moms and dads? So far people tell me that
Santa Clara has a bad school district, San Jose is cheap but
only if you can tolerate the commute, Mountain View Castro is
better for singles, Los Altos Palo Altos is great if you can
afford it. Where else is good?
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2011/7/10-8/2 [Transportation/Car/Hybrid] UID:54141 Activity:nil | 7/8 Is there some reason we can't have mass market nat gas cars?
\_ Not enough infrastructure for refuing. Chicken and egg.
\_ Not enough infrastructure for refueling. Chicken and egg.
\_ It has less than half the energy density of gasoline. -tom
\_ So you have to compress it, which results in huge explosions
during a crash. Same for flywheel tech.
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2009/4/6-13 [Reference/Tax, Transportation/PublicTransit] UID:52808 Activity:high | 4/6 Alameda sales tax is now 9.75%. that's pretty rough. sales
tax is regressive. Some boneheaded Oakland city council member
wants to raise Oakland sales tax even more, in this
recession. - motd liberal
\_ Yes, the sales tax, car tax, and income tax increases enacted by the
state legislature are the largest in history, and massively
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