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What a contrived crutch being pushed as some kind of futuristic advancement … as is clearly identified by the pulsing techno melody. This is such a great examp

What a contrived crutch being pushed as some kind of futuristic advancement … as is clearly identified by the pulsing techno melody. This is such a great example of navel gazing, self-congratulatory pontification that is detached from reality. Just look in the mirrors and over your shoulder before opening the door like you are supposed to. If people aren’t doing that already, how is them also not following this additional practice going to improve anything? Short answer, it won’t. Just check your surroundings. No self-important technocratic complication needed.

chrisseaton 5y ago
> Just look in the mirrors and over your shoulder before opening the door That’s literally what they’re encouraging. That’s what the Dutch Reach is - a way to look in your mirrors and over your shoulder.
- frankfrankfrank 5y ago
  You are missing the point. Just do the fundamentals and no other complications are necessary. The problem is likely a far different one, one of people not following the fundamentals, likely because they are not urban drivers or are even foreigners. I check my surroundings before I get out in most parking situations, yet I currently I live in a place where drivers don’t even check both sides when turning at an unregulated intersection as if pedestrians and cyclists simply don’t exist. That being said, ultimately as a cyclist myself, I trust exactly 0 laws to keep me safe and am 100% untrusting off all other vehicles and people. Because reality simply is that I am the squishy human and they are the mechbot driver. Did you notice that not a single person in the video report/demonstration even wore a helmet while racing past cars at unsafe speeds and distances? That weird sense of entitlement of cyclists is something I simply cannot understand. You are responsible for you’re own safety, so slow down and keep a distance like a smart person would.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    > Just do the fundamentals This is a way to achieve exactly that! > or are even foreigners Oh no not foreigners! Do you think people don't know how to drive in other countries?

chrisseaton 5y ago

> Just look in the mirrors and over your shoulder before opening the door That’s literally what they’re encouraging. That’s what the Dutch Reach is - a way to look in your mirrors and over your shoulder.

frankfrankfrank 5y ago
You are missing the point. Just do the fundamentals and no other complications are necessary. The problem is likely a far different one, one of people not following the fundamentals, likely because they are not urban drivers or are even foreigners. I check my surroundings before I get out in most parking situations, yet I currently I live in a place where drivers don’t even check both sides when turning at an unregulated intersection as if pedestrians and cyclists simply don’t exist. That being said, ultimately as a cyclist myself, I trust exactly 0 laws to keep me safe and am 100% untrusting off all other vehicles and people. Because reality simply is that I am the squishy human and they are the mechbot driver. Did you notice that not a single person in the video report/demonstration even wore a helmet while racing past cars at unsafe speeds and distances? That weird sense of entitlement of cyclists is something I simply cannot understand. You are responsible for you’re own safety, so slow down and keep a distance like a smart person would.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  > Just do the fundamentals This is a way to achieve exactly that! > or are even foreigners Oh no not foreigners! Do you think people don't know how to drive in other countries?