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everybody in London is breathing toxic levels of PM2.5 particles. And the fact that the largest sources of PM2.5 particles are tires and brake dust suggests that electrification is at best only a partial answer.
We also have to drive a whole lot less.
Fortunately, London appears to be pursuing an all-of-the-above strategy when it comes to greener transportation, including electric buses to a massive investment in cycle infrastructure, the goal really does appear to be easing gridlock and rethinking how we get from one place to another.
London's cycle superhighways have already shown they can deliver 70% increases in cycling, and now Mayor Sadiq Kahn has announced an entirely new, fourth superhighway bringing segregated lanes to Southeast London for the first time.
Instead of car tire and brake dust, Londoners will be able to inhale healthier bike tire and brake dust.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by martyb on Friday October 06 2017, @12:44PM
You may not have had the benefit of learning to drive under my Dad's instruction... on a World War II era Willys Jeep. He expected we would have trouble learning to use the clutch well, but his tone of voice and look on his face made clear that slipping the clutch or grinding the gears was a... Very Not Good Thing. Let's say I was "motivated" to improve my skills right from the get-go.
I would rev match to a very close degree so the clutch would only need to [dis]engage and the synchros had almost nothing to do.
As far as I could tell, I never had a problem with the clutch at all, so I might have been doing something right. =)
Fun times. It rode like a bicycle as it had a high driving position, stiff suspension, and a short wheelbase. Anything other than straight-ahead and level travel led to much more head motion than a lower-slung conventional vehicle. It only had about 80hp from the inline 4-cylinder engine. I had the rear-wheel drive model, so no off-roading for me. Still, it was lots of fun and I miss the old thing.
Ugh, indeed! That's one small vehicle that's very-much cramped for space. I'd heard by word-of-mouth back when they came out that they had troubles with their clutch — best of luck to ya!
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