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You've definitely run with the most negative take on the automobile here. Being able to travel with ease enriches lives in so many ways. It's been an absolute
by dolni 6y ago
You've definitely run with the most negative take on the automobile here. Being able to travel with ease enriches lives in so many ways.
It's been an absolute disaster for the environment, and safety is not great, as you say. But I don't think it's as cut and dry as you make it.
- edrxty 6y agoAgreed, if that logic is applied with the same intensity everywhere, the world would be painfully bland. Obviously we've made some mistakes and possibly have gone too far in one direction on that axis, but particularly with regard to personal safety, people need to be willing to draw a line as to what is "good enough". Cars at this point are extremely safe by any reasonable metric, even if the absolute totals feel large.
- Tiktaalik 6y agoI feel like I'm taking crazy pills here. Cars are not safe. They're the number one killer. In contrast, how many people are killed by the automobile alternatives of cycling, public transit? Seems that those are safe to me.
- edrxty 6y agoSomething will always be the number one killer. Doesn't mean it isn't safe.
- Tiktaalik 6y agoI can't help but be negative when the numbers don't lie. Cars are a (very convenient) child killer. "safety not great" is an understatement