This is (sort of) broken
I ordered a new "IPass" — a wireless tollway collection pass used here in Chicago — a couple of days ago. The website that processes these orders isn't beautiful, nor is it awful, but one dropdown in particular caught my attention:
I had to stop and think about this for a second. My car has...2 axles, 4 tires? Yeah, that's it. So, how many sidecar motorcycles are there out there running the tollways (2 axles, 3 tires)? More than I would've guessed, apparently. Why should Sgt. Schulz's ride get higher priority in a dropdown list than the far likelier (2x4) combination? Plus, who beyond the secretive fraternity of interstate weigh station technicians thinks about vehicles in terms of axle counts?
If axle count is somehow an absolute requirement, I figure they could've gotten away with re-ordering this list with the most common options in popularity order at the top, possibly followed by descriptive labels (example: "Passenger Car/Truck/Van - 2 axles 4 tires | Motorcycle - 2 axles 2 tires | Dual Wheel Truck - 2 axles | 6 tires" and so on). Then, after a divider of some kind, list all those other esoteric options.
Such are the minutiae that consume my free time.