GreyGhost

Engineer, R&D100 award winner, patent holder. Doctor too.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

My Six Penny Plan is simple: cut 6 cents from every projected dollar for five years and balance the budget. No gimmicks. No tax hikes.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@cmifuso @Boenau Further, in a number of states they're literally optional, as the law defines exceeding the limit only as prima facie evidence of driving at an unsafe speed. Show your driving was safe at that speed and you're not guilty.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@cmifuso @Boenau Speed limits are set based on prevailing speeds (absent enforcement), crash history, and other site-specific factors. If they could never be violated, they lack an engineering basis and cannot be respected at all.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@amazonmilkfrog @TheNotoriousHRT I mean, Iowa City is pretty obvious where it is. That said, can we end the practice of using "Iowa city" (or "Oklahoma city") in headlines where the reference is to another city in Iowa (or Oklahoma)?

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@samadran @vivian39_ Transit will almost never compete, except for trips with origins and destinations that are high-volume trips, or transit vehicles that are essentially single-user. Transit users would rather buy a car or use rideshares than pay what it would cost for nearly equivalent transit.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@2aQueer That means you have at least a basic understanding of economics, rather than any particular position on a political spectrum.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@samadran @vivian39_ Yeah, people say a highway that moves too slowly has failed, but don't want you to look at how long it takes with transit--you're supposed to just be happy some people make use of it.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@2aQueer @2Aupdates It's not illegal procure an abortion outside of your state of residence. Federal law prohibits procurement of a handgun outside of your home state.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@pedalandtring What the cyclists are doing is entirely illegal, violating at least 4 laws. Two wrongs don't make a right, but let's call out the obvious lawbreaking and assholes, not the people suffering because of them.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@humantransit @eric23332 It's terrible with wide sidewalks set well back from the pavement, and signalized, marked crossings?

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@2aQueer @Lib_Development Yet Democrats think you should have to put up with all that to exercise certain other rights...

If you can't require ID to vote, you can't require ID to speak, practice religion, or buy/carry/keep any arm useful in war.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@thetransitagend @2aQueer The same phenomenon of shortening yellows (or placing cameras where they're already short) applies with speed cameras. Unless only crash history is used in determining locations for them, they'll be used to target places where speed limits could be raised without issue.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@thetransitagend You should look at the lengths an Iowa police department went to to prevent the unequal application to police and their friends from becoming public. So long as a police officer is involved in the decision to cite or the contractor knows the owner, equality is wishful thinking.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

Public transit is only cheap if someone else pays for it for you. Both transit and highways should each be fully funded by user fees, not by people who don't use them.

[Dr. Mia Brett @QueenMab87]

Public transit is cheap, good for the environment, and you can read instead of focusing on driving

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@QueenMab87 @deejayakoni National transit data shows that buses on average have about 5 people on them at any given time (passenger miles per route mile). Some may be more full some of the time, or even most of the time on some routes, but that's the exception not the norm.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@like_jamesdean @Boenau @grok Only a dumbass would rely on a manual like that and not the statutes that actually control. There is no general prohibition on parking in bike lanes:

https://t.co/kVmL82bIYr

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@Boenau Park where parking is legal, don't park where parking is illegal.

[GreyGhost @GreyGhostVolvo]

@Boenau @grok You can get from to give you whatever answer you want. Ask it why you shouldn't park along the side of a road where it is legal to park.

We have specific statutes that govern the amount of space that must be kept clear. No reason not to park in a legal spot.