I love the idea that driverless cars might lower the amount of honking by reducing the number of people who can respond to a honk

Someday I'm going to run for mayor of New York City to institute exactly one policy change. I'll add horn detectors to all traffic lights, and every time it hears a honk, it will make the light stay red for an additional 10 seconds.

Yes, I know that I will be brutally murdered on my second day in office.

I'd give it a matter of hours before the city is inundated with trolls walking and biking around with portable air horns.

You've got my vote.

Why are you so angry?

Presumably because they have to drive a car in downtown Brooklyn occasionally

This Brooklyn Intersection Is The Worst In The State, Study Finds

https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/brooklyn-intersection-w...

If you were born in NYC like me you develop a deep seeded hatred for the human race.

This would explain all the NYT and Bloomberg articles trying to start fights between different demographics, and the weird aggrieved fixation on the closure of little shops in NYC only known to people on a single street in NYC that wouldn't warrant an international feature anywhere else.

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>> "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."

>> "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

I am, of course, talking about the occasional article that makes noise outside NYC. I'm nowhere near NYC. I have never really noticed which "section" a story in the NYT or Bloomberg is in when it finds its way to me. If it had stayed local, I obviously wouldn't have anything to say about it since I never would have seen it.

That was not a rant, much less one about "the media." That was a gentle rib at New York City media's tendency to self-aggrandize and spill outside in a way that isn't self-aware. I buy all my camera and computer stuff from a little corner shop in NYC and wouldn't mind visiting some day, so this is all in good fun.

Because for New Yorkers, the light in the end of the tunnel is... New Jersey.

That's not anger, that's just how New Yorkers talk. Get the ideas and emotions out front, no time for a chit-chat warmup. I love NY. (Truly, I don't hear anger when I read it.)

Jesus you shouldn't be driving a car if you are that angry

You stare angrily at the passenger until they unlock the door and let you drive the damn thing through the intersection :D

Do the same thing. There's still a human behind the wheels.

You sound like a complete dick when you are behind the wheel. Please consider stopping driving. Your role as a driver isn't to correct other people's driving; it's to get you and your passengers somewhere safely, while keeping all other road users safe.