"This is a tricky subject, and one that I think you have addressed well, being that I'm assuming your sympathy lies more with the cyclist population and all too often (and judging by most or all of the comments here) cyclists have a very negative opinion of drivers. Sure, they're the one's that are travelling at slower speeds (unless in traffic) and only have a helmet (at least they should) for safety, but a road without a bike lane is still a road, and if cyclists don't feel safe being at the side of a road without a bike lane then they simply shouldn't ride down the side.Almost all of the car-bike accidents I've seen in my short 20 years have been because a cyclist was putting themselves in danger. When a cyclist feels the need to pass stationary or slow-moving motorists, its the same mentality as when its the other way around... they don't want to be behind the slow vehicle because they can get where they want to go faster and feel that they have enough room to pass safely. Similar to motorcycles passing cars on the freeway, when a biker gets hit, it suddenly seems to be the motorist that is at fault because he/she's the one that's done the most damage. Even though lane splitting is perfectly legal in a lot of places, the motorcyclist has still put themselves at risk by doing so. The same goes for cyclists. I'm not saying that every single cyclist does this, because I've seen plenty of responsible people taking care of themselves and abiding by the rules of the road, stopping at stop signs and waiting for pedestrian crossings, and I'm also not saying that its never the motorists fault because "we're bigger, faster, more dangerous machines and you should make way for us". What I'm saying is that you can never put all the blame on one side of the argument. I, personally, only ever make a pass when it is completely safe for me to do so, and without startling the cyclist. I also appreciate when a cyclist in the middle of an empty road pulls to the side to allow enough room for me to pass.People need to stop shifting the blame off themselves. I don't think I'm wrong in thinking that a very large proportion of people who cycle also own and drive a car and yet become very one-sided when this kind of subject is brought up.Very interesting article Rain, its refreshing to hear a different solution to the problem instead of the usual "Cars should be more considerate of cyclists" you hear all too often."

"I understand what it is the designers were trying to achieve, I just don't think that its really necessary... Sure, it is just a blank object when off, but modern tv's don't (in my personal opinion)  look unsightly at all. In fact, I love the way TV's look, just a large, flat, gloss-black rectangle. This is probably a somewhat unusual opinion so I'll voice my suggestion to where, I think, TV manufacturers should go:I've recently seen an article about how LG have created a 55inch OLED screen that is less than 1mm thick. Paired with all these Apple/Amazon Fire/Etc TV Boxes and our overwhelming obsession to make everything wireless, the way I see it is that we make TV's that become part of the wallpaper, rather than a standalone unit, and so when not in use they can be used to mimic the wallpaper/paint that it sits on theoretically rendering it invisible."