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    1. Anyone here like motorcycles?

      In the spirit of u/gdp's post on escooters, does anyone ride motorcycles or motor scooters (e.g. Vespas)? Compared to cars, motorcycles can be far cheaper in purchase cost, gas, and insurance....

      In the spirit of u/gdp's post on escooters, does anyone ride motorcycles or motor scooters (e.g. Vespas)?

      Compared to cars, motorcycles can be far cheaper in purchase cost, gas, and insurance. Additionally, lane filtering or riding the shoulder in gridlock can prevent you from being part of the traffic holding everyone up. Going fast is also fun, if that's your thing.

      38 votes
    2. My city bus just had an onboard computer crash and shutdown while travelling

      Title says it all. Panels went dark and motor shutoff while bus was still in motion. Driver did a great job and brakes did not fail. No injuries. I tried to capture reboot sequence but fumbled my...

      Title says it all. Panels went dark and motor shutoff while bus was still in motion. Driver did a great job and brakes did not fail. No injuries.

      I tried to capture reboot sequence but fumbled my phone :(. Mildly distressing that this is a thing that happens…

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      Note this happened twice in a row. The first time eveything powered down completely. The driver stopped the bus, waited a minute, rebooted and off we went. The second time, lights stayed on, but everything else blipped. Deiver restarted engine (presumably for ac) and radioed for help.

      31 votes