“Finally, no mention is made on the levels of THC in the general population of those driving cars.”

How do you propose gathering that particular data?

One helpful data point is that only about 20% of people over age 12 report any THC use at all in the prior year. Some surveys have even lower numbers, around 1 in 8, but let’s take the highest number for the sake of this comparison.

So the median THC level is 0%.

Having 40% of people register high enough levels of THC to pass an impairment threshold is a remarkably high number no matter how you look at it.

I think there is definable a connection between cannabis use and auto accidents. It slows your reaction time and that’s a known factor with accidents. That said, substance use data is notoriously underreported[1] in surveys. So that 20% data point is not very helpful. Also 12-15 year olds are bringing that number down in your data and also can’t drive making it even less useful for comparison.

[1]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089085672...

And substance use impairment is overreported. If the driver was impaired it's counted even if the impairment has no bearing on the accident. A drunk hits a red light runner--it's called alcohol even if he had no hope of avoiding it.

My understanding of stoned drivers is they tend to be too conservative--waiting for the stop sign to turn green etc. If that's accurate it could also mean stoned drivers are worse at avoiding the mistakes of others.

Asked to comment, Carney’s office stated that they were mildly unconcerned.

“How an elephant got in my pajamas I’ll never know.”

Half of me says this is not true.

That’ll save all the spam callers a little time not checking and then ignoring it.

Legal matters are all about pedantry.

“Take athletics. Americans love sports, and that cultural centerpiece is being corrupted in an orgy of greed and speculative ferver.”

Professional (and collegiate) athletics has always been corrupt - now it’s just more visible.

The only thing needing abolishing is the advertising of gambling.

Say it ain’t so Joe

Yeah, I’m not following on the split angle, unless cells are somehow more efficient if not perpendicular to the sun.

Same, regarding LG slowly occupying all the home appliances spaces. As long as they behave like a good guest in my home I’ll keep buying their stuff.

That’s going to separate force-applied from force-required while riding - a much more comfortable pedal action.

That is what gears are for. The only time gears fail is when you want to pedal harder without going faster - charge the battery. Downhill with a tailwind the cautious can reach this situation, but most just go faster.

gears with a chain is more energy efficient.