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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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This is a much talked about risk in urban planning, where empty cars going slowly around inner suburbs will be cheaper than parking costs. The "zero occupant problem"
Congestion pricing, taxes based off mileage or driving time and providing depots on the edge of cities are ways to combat this
The fact that this has a name is such an indictment of failures in urban planning. I'm going to assume an American coined the term because a lot of other places have not fought the idea of public transport as much as the American automobile industry.
That would make sense actually. How would congestion pricing work though? Like you have to pay for the duration you occupy the road? How to track this?
It's only really trackable with a gross amount of surveillance, either gps based inside the car or cameras on every street
I suppose they could do something like the toll roads, where you drive through a coil and trigger a wireless badge. Everytime you trigger it you will pay a certain fee. If you don't have a badge, your license plate is recorded and you get sent a fine. Similar to speed cameras you already have.