Mentions skidding on ice in first paragraph. No amount of training can reverse the laws of friction.

Thing is, I agree and think normal consumer passenger cars are getting far too heavy. Like people.

The article is focused on passenger cars becoming heavier, no?

What a load of shit. Pretty sure roads are already used by many vehicles of Greater mass than 7000lbs. Trucks. Buses. Coaches.

It would have just been squandered elsewhere.

But can they actually?

Part of me wants to despair at this. I feel like our government is just totally inept and everything is just bad news. There was even a report in the Times this week that Russian hakers are going to take the NHS down - and given the Horizon scandal where its proven we’ve repeatedly gone with the lowest bidder, it wouldn’t surprise me.

However, I like to think there is someone in charge of all this who properly has their shit together and is smirking at this thinking ‘come and have a go if you think your hard enough’

I once did some training at a highly sensitive UK site (mandatory for the clearance I needed) and during the course we were told in no uncertain terms China was relentless in their spying and attack attempts. This was around 15 years ago.

Agreed. I don’t want lemmy to turn into reddit, but we could do with more users for sure. I am guilty of not posting / commenting much.

I’d like to see some definitions or units put next to ‘ultra high’.

It was supposed to be date night tonight (me cooking) but the missus is feeling poorly so it’s postponed. There is a gathering at the pub tonight so I might sneak along, but we have an early start tomorrow as we’re visiting my grandmother in North Wales…so might be better off flaking out on the sofa.

I’m still cooking. Fresh linguini, mussles, king prawns and squid to be washed down with a chilled Pouilly-Fumé. 👌