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> "You're taking away parking space!" "All these bike lanes are slowing traffic" The part that always makes me laugh is when they inevitably call cyclists enti
by flukus 7y ago
> "You're taking away parking space!" "All these bike lanes are slowing traffic"
The part that always makes me laugh is when they inevitably call cyclists entitled. It's always "I demand massive amounts of probably subsidized infrastructure, to be able to drive at maximum speed all the way and to have a personal space reserved to store my car for the next 8 hours, but those entitled cyclists get in the way".
Not to mention the reliance on the government to provide the infrastructure to drive on, to build the ports to import fuel, huge multi-national companies to extract and transport the fuel, multiple foreign governments and the military interventions necessary to keep them in line, all so you can get that feeling of freedom when you drive.
- dvdkhlng 7y agoYou forgot the rather significant social cost of health issues caused by car traffic exhaust [1] and the longer term social cost of exhaust having an effect on climate [2]. [1] https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/press/pressinformation/nitrogen-dioxide-has-serious-impact-on-health https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/press/pressinformation/nit... [2] https://news.stanford.edu/2015/01/12/emissions-social-costs-011215/ https://news.stanford.edu/2015/01/12/emissions-social-costs-...