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>> ^choggie:
Westy....In the U.S., pharmaceutical abuse combined with drink drive kills more people than anything else on the road. Were it simply drink drive(not at all advocating it), the numbers would drop drastically.
Factor out the people too fucked up and too stupid to live, speeding is not a major cause of accidents. Stupidity and lack of skill and awareness in combination with vehicle type and condition of the same, more likely the culprit.

I live in a county(not a country) of nearly 7 million people, a good number of whom are driving illegally with the inability to afford insurance or to properly maintain their vehicles, many of whom are from our 3rd world neighbors to the South (Mexico) where driving rules are as sketchy as the motorists abilities or familiarity with U.S. motoring decorum...FACTOR IN CELL-PHONE ADDICTION which more than likely kills more dumb-asses than speeding!!
A solution to the problem??? Mandatory courses akin to the training and skills needed for professional drivers-A road test that involves navigating a variety of hazards, an obstacle course if you will. Dis-allow the majority of idiots who need not be on the road to have fucking licenses , and the shit polices itself...AND, there's more room for me, who wants to go as rapidly or as slowly as I have the skills and desire to as I will.



I dont think better training will do the trick , the fact is driving a car within the speed limit is ridiculously easy , driving a race car or a car at high speed is an almost compelaty different skill to driving within the speed limit. there was a sudy in the uk that found drives that did the advance driving stuff were more likely to have accidents because they were overconfident. obviously this might be different if everyone had to take an advanced test. because at the moment Manny of the people that do advanced tests will be doing it cos they r boy racers , or people that want to show of.

but yah drink driving using phones and all these things should have much higher penalties maby a ban for a week and a fine the first time you are cought.

driving slower would definalty help , but i think giving space is far more important than say 15mph , especially on a motorway.

If you have space between you and other people there is far more time and space to react + its just harder to hit things if your not near annything.

The truly sad thing is that a year or two from now I'll try to submit it again...

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http://www.videosift.com/video/Squirrel-Obstacle-Course -> http://www.videosift.com/video/Squirrel-obstacle-course-for-PEANUTS

One of the sift's most duped videos, imo. I submitted one myself a few months ago

http://www.videosift.com/video/Squirrel-Obstacle-Course -> http://www.videosift.com/video/Squirrel-obstacle-course-for-PEANUTS

One of the sift's most duped videos, imo. I submitted one myself a few months ago

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I'm sure the squirrel will find a way:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Squirrel-obstacle-course-for-PEANUTS

>> ^Nebosuke:
It seems like parkour tries to be a modern reinterpretation of gymnastics.

More like a reinterpretation of the obstacle course in an urban setting. If you're talking about doing gymnastics while running, then you're talking about "free running", which is not the same as parkour, "l'art du déplacement" (art of moving). Parkour is an art, as in martial art, whereas free running is "do whatever you want while running as long as it looks good". Parkour can and should look good too, but efficiency is paramount.

The sad part about all of this is, American Retail consumerism NEEDS the stampede to remain sustainable. In other words, it NEEDS the hype, needs the mindless consumers to sleep outside the doors for days, to generate desire sufficient to keep the economy rolling..

My guess is WalMart will not be held liable for this, as, for all intents and purposes, this is the "price of capitalism."

Now if they installed an American Gladiator-type of obstacle course at the front entrance, that'd be a different story.

[AP coverage & cell phone footage]

>> ^budzos:
Wall-E?


I was thinking the same thing. First iteration of the fat-peoples floating lounge chairs in Wall-E.

On a serious note, while this vehicle may not go anywhere in terms of real sales, (though IMHO it's way cooler then a Segway, which saw some success,) it's stuff like this that has put Asian cars on top for years. Innovation, that while may not pan out you bet your ass the technology will find its way into more realistic and modern vehicles.

I mean did you really think the US car companies were going to do good by spending a few million on development like this a year and 100 million in commercials showing their trucks avoid obstacle courses and fly out of buildings as they blow up but in the end it's the same truck as 4 years ago with the only real difference is it gets 15mpg instead of 12?

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