QOTD: Fear Takes the Wheel?

Just rest comfortably on the couch here. That’s good. Now, what seems to be the problem?

We’re giving everyone a chance to talk it out today, as each and every one of us harbors some type of anxiety, insecurity, or deeply rooted fear. Oh, you don’t? Sounds like you’re lying to yourself.

The inspiration for this QOTD lies in a tragedy. Earlier this week, a bridge collapse in Genoa, Italy, killed 39 people, with some motorists surviving a plunge of up to 180 feet. Others braked in time to avoid tumbling off the edge of the crumbling span.

For many, perhaps even yourself, this exact scenario (or something like it) takes top billing on the “worst driving fear” list. However, other worries — both rational and irrational — cloud our time behind the wheel, watering down the pure, unadulterated joy of driving. What’s your greatest driving fear?

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  • Lou_BC This is less harmful to one's re-election chances than harder driver's licence exams and making people re-test.
  • 28-Cars-Later Probably should investigate the buyers too, maybe a basic psych eval?
  • 28-Cars-Later "Despite nobody really digging the moniker,  Honda has told Autocar that it only plans on changing the name of the model in China (as part of a more comprehensive facelift) because that’s where they’re having the most trouble and anticipated the largest sales volumes.""Customers in China just can’t pronounce it,” explained the source."So the Chinese are class A customers but frack the rest of y'all we don't care what you think or can understand?
  • ToolGuy Is a Tesla store the same as a Tesla gallery? 16955 Chesterfield Airport Road is a gallery. 5711 S Lindbergh Blvd is a store. I wonder if anyone knows how far away those two locations are from each other. I wonder if Tesla's website shows vehicles in inventory. I wonder if there is a distance dropdown. So many questions.
  • 28-Cars-Later Zerohedge reported something similar in Belgium with the reasoning being the Chinese are flooding Europe with EVs in the early innings of a trade war. For Tesla any guess is a good one but my money is on BEV saturation has been reached.