To each their own but these blackout plates sleigh me.

Maybe it was a stealth move to get easier-to-read-from-a-distance license plates into circulation!

I have colorful specialized plates on the ol' Subaru; the $60 extra goes to support Minnesota State Parks.

An excellent value—they're a little more than an annual park sticker would cost, but not much more.

And I'm telegraphing my outdoorsy bona fides (while driving a car. OPE!).
https://www.startribune.com/minnesotas-blackout-license-plates-have-been-a-huge-hit-heres-who-is-buying-them/601325444

"It’s wrong to call these supersized vehicles sport utility vehicles (SUVs): a large proportion of them are not used for anything sportier than a supermarket run. Rather, we seem to have crossed over into emotional support vehicle (ESV) territory. A lot of the tanks I see on the road appear to serve no other purpose than making their owner feel better about their insecurities."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/please-for-the-love-of-god-stop-buying-supersized-cars

66% of Parisians who voted* said yes to the project of turning 500 streets of Paris into green pedestrian area.

*it was a very low turn-out.

https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/les-parisiens-votent-pour-la-vegetalisation-de-500-nouvelles-rues-23-03-2025-GBAJ6U7QM5AHHA5FNLLXYQJHLI.php

Two hours to drive the 20 miles from #LAX to #Pasadena.

This is why good #PublicTransit is necessary. #SoCal is really the poster child for all that is wrong with #CarCulture

https://www.evshift.com/320332/custom-mini-for-london-fashion-week-%f0%9f%98%8d/ Custom MINI for London Fashion Week #car #CarCulture #Collaboration #ConvertibleCar #custom #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #fashion #HardTopConvertible #HighSnobriety #London #LondonFashionWeek #mini #MINICabrio #MiniCooperConvertible #week

If you visit France and for some reason you end up driving on French highways, do try to stop at a main rest area.

They're like shopping centers with local products and they're all different.
You can buy cheese (see picture), jar of cooked tripe, candies of all sorts, clothes...

Fun fact:
In Europe you can find an actual car in Kinder Eggs' Surprises.*

Proof with this picture.
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*For Team 1st Degree, of course I'm joking.

License to kill starts at the pump

http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/01/28/license-to-kill-starts-at-the-pump/

"It almost certainly shouldn’t exist, and we are worse as a culture for having had it, but goddamn does it flip the right switches in our collective brain. It is truly junk that shouldn’t be great, but the rot at the core of America is what makes us who we are. Buc-ee’s, the Bass Pro Shops pyramid, and ordering shit we’ll throw away in a month from Temu, these are the new Gods of America, and they deserve their shrines."

https://jalopnik.com/buc-ees-is-the-sickness-at-the-heart-of-america-1851683139

Hat tip: https://www.fark.com

Drivers parking on sidewalks is an increasing problem here in Stockholm. How's it where you're at?

I'm sitting in a car shop, getting repairs, and the lobby TV thankfully has a remote with a volume control.

Everyone here waiting for their cars brought their own entertainment: a book, a phone, a laptop, paperwork. No one's watching the TV.

I think the TV only exists as a white-noise generator, with a $100/mo satellite subscription.

This morning, in the area where the grade school is asking kids to dismount and walk their bikes: cars are as-usual double and quadruple-parked (triple-parked spot was empty at the moment) and someone has driven off the pavement, caving-in a water meter box and leaving behind a muddy rut. You know, regular car stuff #CarCulture #ClimateDenial #CarsRuinEverything

people who never walk reading their daily steps to each other; thank you Apple #tourism #usa #switzerland #carculture

My mom reports that neighbors in her senior-living complex often reach a point where they have to give up driving, and regret losing their mobility and independence. She herself has stopped driving at night, as oncoming headlights are too much for her aging eyes. (Those same headlights suck for pedestrians, too.) Retirement planning goes well beyond saving a lot of money and moving to a warm place: mobility is a big factor as well.
#carculture #mobility #urbanism

Hey! I'm walkin' here! #CarCulture #WalkersDontPayTaxes #ButMyTrashcans

North American lawns are an extension of #carculture: Trucks & vans bringing and spraying pesticides and fertilizers; Trucks & vans hauling rider lawn mowers; Trucks & vans arriving with gas-powered leaf blowers and weed wackers. All of these taking up public street space in residential areas. The noise pollution. The air pollution. The visual pollution. The impact on wildlife. #gardening #lawn #climatecrisis #fossilfuels #noisepollution #suburbia #Maine

For most people who only drive, they can’t see what’s wrong with this, or probably don’t care
#entitleddriver #driving #carculture #cars #carculturesucks #cycling #activetransportation

A car-based society is loosely held together by most people agreeing to not do this, but occasionally someone comes along... #Winnipeg #CarCulture
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/car-chase-winnipeg-police-1.6820481

When I hear how people on bikes never follow the rules, should have a license, be registered, etc., so we can ticket them, this is what I see when I’m on the road.