The benefit is that strong red patches scare off other males, small patches get you clobbered, and no one is mating with the bird that just got his shit rocked.
Field biology professor at my alma matter did a study on red-winged blackbirds where they put black paint over the red spots. The females didn't really care, but the other males would beat the shit out of the test birds.
It's not pride if you give fair warning that you just actually are that good. The devil was the boastful one challenging someone and not being able to back it up
How is the city supposed to know how many people are in the vehicle? A bus with 3 people takes up as much space as 3 sedans woth one person each. A bigger vehicle is just gonna have to pay a bigger fee
Suburban cities like KC, Houston, Dallas, and Columbus were designed from the ground up to make driving as feasible as possible and it's still a nightmare to drive in them. I drove through the Bronx once on my way to Long Island and it was a nightmare between all the bridges, tolls, and traffic. And i didn't even try to find somewhere to park. We just took the LIRR into the city from for doing tourist stuff.
The benefit is that strong red patches scare off other males, small patches get you clobbered, and no one is mating with the bird that just got his shit rocked.