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I am anti-car and it has nothing to do with drivers - it has to do with infrastructure. Our cities are designed for cars, multi-ton machines the favored entity
by teucris 5y ago
I am anti-car and it has nothing to do with drivers - it has to do with infrastructure. Our cities are designed for cars, multi-ton machines the favored entity in a sea of squishy humans. I think this sets us all up to be in conflict, to force us to protect ourselves and it brings out the worst in us.
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoThe paranoia required to just stay alive as a cyclist doesn't promote anything near to harmonious co-existence. I don't ride on roads because I can't stand the stress. As a cyclist on the road you're inhabiting a very unbalanced risk vs reward equation. I know the percentages are low, but one mistake from you, or more likely someone else, and BAM, life over or changed forever more. I've been involved in enough car accidents to distrust the average human's ability to drive.
- JohnFen 5y agoI am fully on board with the notion that our infrastructure has to become less car-centric, but I wouldn't describe myself as anti-car. I'd describe myself as being in favor of appropriate transportation. Cars, like bikes, are tools. And tools can be used appropriately or inappropriately. Having one tool to address all needs guarantees that it will be used in cases where a different tool would be much better. The US needs to have more than one transportation tool.