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No shit. Not only do we simply not have sidewalks, drivers in their gigantic dumb-phone-enabled SUVs and lifted trucks have no incentive to not drive like compl
by kody 5y ago
No shit. Not only do we simply not have sidewalks, drivers in their gigantic dumb-phone-enabled SUVs and lifted trucks have no incentive to not drive like complete jackasses at all times until they pancake someone. It’s absurd to me that 1) roads are no longer built to be pedestrian-friendly and 2) drivers aren’t constantly ticketed for driving like assholes.
Disclaimer: I’m an NYC-SoCal transplant. But god damn I wish these drivers weren’t so bloodthirsty for road rage ultra kills.
- CalRobert 5y ago"until they pancake someone" - even that's not enough, really.
- kody 5y agoMy second major bike accident (first was being doored) was getting rear ended by a minivan. She treated me like someone in a vehicle, not a, you know, bike. There’s a real disconnect for some people driving a multi-thousand-pound steel piece of equipment where they project their sense of safety on fleshy human bodies at all times.
- unixhero 5y agoDon't bike in traffic, just dont. It is annoying.
- kody 5y agoSo where do you suggest cyclists bike?
- oefrha 5y agoI would say the sad answer is don’t. Biking in these three feet wide unseparated American bike lanes on 30mph and up (i.e. 35-40mph and up in reality) roads really feels like tempting fate.
- kody 5y agoI don’t bike anymore, but I don’t accept that answer. If someone can be pulled over for speeding, talking on their phone, or any other reason, they should be pulled over for e.g. tailgating a cyclist. There’s no reason why that shouldn’t be the case. But I don’t have skin in the game right now.
- axaxs 5y agoI've also noticed cops not patrolling anymore. I drove about 600 miles this spring and saw things that should put people in prison. Even now, I don't pay attention to speed limits because nobody is enforcing them, at all. I don't flagrantly break traffic laws, but see it everyday. People running red lights like they don't exist. And nothing. It feels like a breakdown of society, and I hope the tide turns soon.
- rightiousrob 5y ago#defoundThePolice because BLM
- kody 5y agoI recently drove from socal to Colorado Springs and the only cops I saw were speed traps at state lines or pushing burned wrecks off the I-15. I feel like they could be doing a little better.
- eurasiantiger 5y agoIt is more profitable to crack down on minorities than it is to police the majority for day-to-day infarctions.
- bmwracer 5y agoThis is exactly my experience about the lack of enforcement of basic traffic laws. I care little about speeding, but red lights being run is unacceptably dangerous and needs to stop.