The rules announced this week would update the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), the government’s bible for everything that’s required in a new vehicle before it’s sold — from steering wheels to rearview mirrors — to set testing procedures to simulate head-to-hood impact, with the aim of reducing head injuries. If enacted, automakers will have to test their vehicles using crash test dummies representing adult and child pedestrians for the first time. NHTSA says the changes could save up to 67 lives every year.

And they expect people to stop making trucks because of pedestrian crash testing? Seems unlikely.

At least this isn’t relying on sensors or some other nonsense. Though it might be nice to require things like visibility requirements so people driving Rams could actually see the children they’re flattening.

Never. I’d personally be afraid someone might take that seriously.

Though maybe that one’s cultural and said more casually where you’re from. I’ve heard it in TV shows, I guess.

The odds aren’t that crazy. There’s about 12k 711 stores. More than 1 gets hit per day.

I’d play that lottery.

Gotta be flamebait.

Many of us would prefer the article to the video.

That’s impressive. The unload would even be hard. The stack is taller than him.

Can I lick it?

The Can-Am Origin has a large 10.25-inch touchscreen display that connects to Apple CarPlay, easing navigation. It also connects to BRP’s GO! App for expanded features and functions. A 0.7L glove box houses a USB port so your devices can stay charged.

First I thought about was how cool it would be to hack on one of these and then the realization that they would never allow that to happen.

What is a hook? Not a spoke hook like I thought.

The hook is a ridge that faces towards the tire at the edge of a wheel. It’s small but the hook catches the bead of the tire helping with tire retention. If a wheel is hookless then there’s no hook there and instead the top edge of the wheel is flat. Rather than the hook catching the tire bead, the tire presses against the side of a hookless wheel. This is the same way that car tires work.

huh, I thought car rims also had this ridge for the bead to sit in.

China once cut my thumbnail too short.

Pain isn’t normal.

I get the point of your post but also, pain is normal. And not every pain requires medical intervention.

A flex outlet is a type of electrical socket that allows you to wire high-powered appliances straight into your walls. Boilers, water heaters, and other electrical unit that require a continuous power source, would be wired through a flex outlet. Flex outlets are often used in a situation where a plug socket would be difficult to access. Or with appliances that do not come with a 13A plug socket as standard.

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Still not sure I really get why this exists, but okay.

No doubt. But it’s pretty unusual compared to pedal assist. With pedal assist, your leg work doesn’t lose any power in the transfer to the wheels, and you still get all the benefits of this system.

Of course, it’s not solely leg power that drives the 270-lb (122-kg) Intelectra truck-cycle forward. In fact, leg power doesn’t drive it directly at all.

Instead, the rider’s pedaling power gets converted into up to 250 Watts of electrical power by a generator between the cranks. This nominally charges the 1,400-Wh+ battery that directs power to the pair of 125-W rear hub motors. The rider’s pedaling strength and cadence control the motor output via an intelligent multi-controller system so that pedaling harder still makes the quad move faster, but it’s all electronically operated.

How in the hell is that efficient?

The standard Intelectra does not include a throttle for non-pedaled acceleration, and thus classifies as a pedelec bike with a top speed of 15.5 mph (25 km/h). Dynamic Drives says that it can equip the rig with a throttle for customers who request one, but that pushes it into the electric scooter category, requiring registration, license plates and a driver’s license to operate legally.

Yeah, the pedals have got to be solely due to regulations.

I moved to Arch about 20 years ago because I wanted Gentoo but I didn’t want to wait hours for compilation. I remember it fondly though. emerge was kind of a killer feature.

Though I gotta say, I’m a bit more curious now that we have better processors. And I’m curious what I’ve missed over the years.

Obligatory.

Most of that would have a cooling effect. Reducing the heat island effect of just concrete or even a grass field. Could change the humidity a bit with a pond and trees, but the effects will be minimal.

I for one, appreciate that bot.

What a monstrosity. Also, drop bars with some weird steering linkage. Not sure this is the bike I’d want to be hauling ass on.

I agree with you. But it’s not really the focus of the video. He just gently dances around it. Honestly, I kind of thought it was more of him making the subject approachable to evolution skeptics rather than pushing intelligent design but maybe that’s just my lens.

The subject matter is cool af though and a marvel of biomechanics (to me anyway). First time I’ve been exosed to flagellum motors powered by ion pumps and I was blown away.