B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for August 03, 2019

OK, I need an explanation. I know what downshifting is. Typically (with a manual transmission) you downshift when going down a steep decline to avoid accelerating too much. But what is going on here?

Pearl, you asked the same question I would ask. It looks like he was accelerating down the hill rather than slowing down. I am as confused as you are.

Don’t gears have to be invented first?

I thought down shifting was sliding your duck over.

Well, running over a pedestrian will usually slow you down some.

Pretty impressive without any gears.

Time to invent the crosswalk.

Which foot did you use right or left?

You can’t just invent downshifting: first you have to invent the differential, no shift!

I’ll shift along to the next strip…

No. YOU have invented “Reckless Driving.”

Too much downshifting can be hard on the local avian population.

Ummm it needs a few tweaks. Sigh

I think the commentators here have failed to recognize the highly advanced nature of the round wooden stick that serves as the axle of BC’s wheel. It clearly embodies truly amazing technology! All the more so considering that modern engineers can’t make round wooden sticks do anything of the kind!

Why does this make me think of “The Little Nash Rambler” song?

Should’ve given some forethought to inventing brakes.

New sign ordered, “No Jake Braking Allowed.”

No way to shift up or down. A concept not applicable to what they have.

My Prius does 0 to 45 as slowly or as quickly as i like with no noticed shifts. Fun to see everyone still leaving the intersection from half a block in front.