When I first heard about Uber, I thought it was a hitch-hiking service. Turns out it isn't but just a euphemism for another taxi service. I think a good safe hitch-hiking app would be a great way to meet company on a long trip, and maybe even save some money.
In many ways, I think the mechanical-drive internal combustion engine is in its twilight years. A product that is in twilight years becomes incredibly complicated and convoluted compared to earlier versions. Modern mechanical-drive automatic transmissions, while reliable, are incredibly complicated with 8-9 speeds or more now the norm.
In contrast, electric drive cars, like on the Chevy Volt lack a transmission or have a simple gear box that goes between two speeds and primarily relies on the wide torque bands of electric motors. The two electric motors in the Chevy Volt provides all motive force -- the engine simply provides electricity to keep the battery charged or power the electric motors.
You get mechanical simplicity, great efficiency, and the ability to store energy as electricity in batteries that can also come from a grid. The internal combustion engine in the volt operates at a near constant speed, well in it's power band.
There is nothing that you can't not like about the Chevy Volt drive-train.
In 2015, only two fatal crashes were reported in New York State involving use of a cellphone. There were also two fatal crashes reported from drivers who were consuming food or drink while driving, and three while operating radio or heating and air conditioning controls. The most common distraction for drivers is not in the vehicle -- but things outside of the vehicle -- a scenic vista, a pretty women, etc. That said, most distracted driving crashes do not go into detail of what caused the distraction.
On this day in 1965, the Super Guppy took it’s first flight. The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy is a large, wide-bodied cargo aircraft that is used for hauling outsize cargo components. It was the successor to the Pregnant Guppy, the first of the Guppy aircraft produced by Aero Spacelines, which in turn was named for its resemblance to a pregnant guppy. Five were built in two variants, both of which were colloquially referred to as the “Super Guppy”.
More from Wikipedia: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Aero_Spacelines_Super_Guppy
And definitely watch this video of a Super Guppy taking off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRI5IpdrbH8
They should share this story in Driver's Ed classes in High Schools across America. Young male teens would all drive much slower.