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You're attacking a strawman.
by konschubert 9y ago
You're attacking a strawman.
- closeparen 9y agoHow is it a strawman? If motor traffic can only move at pedestrians’ leisure, what happens if they decline to let it through for hours at a time? The soccer players would be committing no crime - the streets are for them first, motor vehicles last.
- konschubert 9y agoI'm confident that society would be able to figure out a reasonable law and rely on a reasonable justice system to figure out abusive edge cases.
- closeparen 9y agoPeople playing in a “street for playing” is an edge case? If the law recognizes some kind of duty to yield and let traffic through, we’re back at status quo.
- scatters 9y agoAre you being deliberately obtuse? Right of way is the right to use the road as a highway, not for another purpose. That applies to motorists just as it applies to other road users.
- closeparen 9y agoHalf of this “streets for people” stuff is about using the street as a public living room, with people sitting, hanging out, playing, etc., not just walking. I’d definitely support shared space that still gives priority to public transit vehicles moving through.