I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
In which we discuss the Bikelighting culture (Fahrradbeleuchtungskultur) of our countries.
Here in Germany, because of the Danger, it is not allowed to have a blinking Taillight. This is also the Reason that all emergency Vehicles in the World have blinking Lights. By attracting other dangerous night Vehicles to crash into the Ambulance, instead of the civilian Vehicles, it spares Drivers in smaller Vehicles, where the Occupants are less able to administer emergency self-Aid. This is the Consequence of what we call a „high trust Society“; our culture of Politeness dictates the most Risk to the most capable Roaduser. The same Expectation is extended to Police and Construction Engineers who are paid more for occupational Hazards such as a blinking Light.
Do you have a Law about blinking Bikelights in your Country?
If I passed you, don't take it personally. It's because you're slow, weak, and have no stamina. No, don't look at my bike. I could smoke you any day, even you were riding a Colnago Gioello, and I could do it on a $100 BSO from Walmart. Little man, learn to take defeat gracefully. I won, fair and square.
If you passed me, chill out dude, you're such an insecure tryhard. You wasted all that money to win a race that only exists in your head. Sure I could have been a pro, still could if I'm being honest, but that kind of thing doesn't interest me, I have nothing to prove to myself. So why should I try to prove anything to others, let alone you? Stop and smell the roses, that's my philosophy.
>Los Angeles Metro’s A Line, also known as the Blue Line, has served millions of Angelenos since it was built in 1990. But did you know that in 2023, it broke the record for being the longest light rail line in the world? With 44 stops spanning the 48.5 miles between Azusa and Long Beach, the A Line is quite a technical achievement in L.A.’s massive public transport system. And if you’re looking for a route to Pomona, you’re in luck, because Metro is adding four new stops this summer. It turns out that America can do public transport if it actually tries
Space transportation general: Stage Separating into a new year edition.
This general is here because spaceflight is increasing exponentially. We are up to at least a launch per week and we are now in the midst of flight testing an industry revolutionizing fully reusable super heavy lift launch vehicle.
I literally call the police on anyone who flashes their brights or honks at me when I’m doing 5 under the speed limit in the left lane because that’s the LAW not a suggestion and last I checked the left lane is not the “bully lane” if you’re in a rush that’s a YOU problem I’m driving safely and responsibly and aggressive light flashing is basically assault with a vehicle so yes I get their plate and report it every time maybe if people respected traffic laws instead of thinking highways are racetracks we wouldn’t have accidents but apparently I’m the bad guy for enforcing public safety
I'm genuinely sad a copy of this book costs over $2k. I'm praying that christophers new book succeeds in sales so that Mattel or whoever the owners are would reconsider putting it back into distribution again.