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Is this the quarantine thread for folks that don't want to ignore cars murdering folks?
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A Bad Poster posted:Every time I see a modern pickup truck, I wonder what sort of pedestrian safety tests they do on those things , because the front of all of them now is a 5'x7' steel wall. https://twitter.com/QAGreenways/status/1216756397045514245?s=20 It's weird: ask me four years ago about how America structures its transportation and I'd have given you a big  At some point, something clicked and dropped the blinders of growing up in auto-dependent suburbia from my eyes. The policies, infrastructure, and mindset we have now aren't some immutable law of the universe and we can work to make safer and cleaner roads for everyone, but challenge the privileged place the car holds in our society and some folks get viscerally angry. They reject awareness-raising about preventable vehicular violence as just zealous, lycra-clad cyclists advancing their niche cause. Hell, look no further than Flying_Crab's avatar. I can't imagine this quarantine thread will see much traffic, but still feels good to yell into the void.
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Dec 5, 2020 23:38
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Calvin Johnson Jr. posted:Anyways, my only time where I had a close call was by a police officer who ignored the crosswalk sign and literally stopped to where his car lunged within inches of my leg. I kinda wish the guy hit me but he immediately stopped, got out of his car, and started apologizing profusely and made sure I was okay. That would've been a hell of a settlement. Doesn't help that it's a self-reinforcing problem. Prioritizing car traffic over all else ensures most people get cars, who are then vocal constituents for the perpetuation of the dominance of the automobile. If they've been conditioned to believe that everything else is unsafe or inconvenient, people freak the gently caress out at the idea of losing "their" street parking to transit or bike lanes.
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