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What if? Stealing a bus is just as illegal as stealing a car. Maybe there is some kind way the busses are protected from theft... like parking it in a secure lo
by undersuit 3y ago
What if? Stealing a bus is just as illegal as stealing a car. Maybe there is some kind way the busses are protected from theft... like parking it in a secure lot, not on a city street that you may not even live right by because parking is congested.
- inglor_cz 3y agoBuses here in Czechia are pretty often parked in some non-secure place during the day and sometimes even during the night, but, then, vehicle theft tends to be prosecuted here. It is not a trivial crime by deranged individuals, the criminal syndicates involved in its commission are extensive.
- undersuit 3y agoBut does Czechia have rampant vehicle crime whether, personal or public? https://knoema.com/atlas/Canada/topics/Crime-Statistics/Burglary-Car-Theft-and-Housebreaking/Private-car-theft-rate https://knoema.com/atlas/Canada/topics/Crime-Statistics/Burg... Versus https://knoema.com/atlas/Czech-Republic/topics/Crime-Statistics/Burglary-Car-Theft-and-Housebreaking/Private-car-theft-rate https://knoema.com/atlas/Czech-Republic/topics/Crime-Statist... Maybe the data from knoema.com is wrong somewhere but may I also present to you something you probably know about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Metro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Metro
- inglor_cz 3y agoI am not really sure why would you tell me about the Prague Metro, which I have taken for approximately 26 years by now. I can tell you every single station on every line by heart.
- undersuit 3y agoMy US city just cut it's fixed bus service. I want my country/continent to try and be more like yours!
- inglor_cz 3y agoI suspect this has a lot of inertia based on the current situation. Plenty of middle class citizens here in CZ take public transport, or their kids do, so they are fine with their tax money being spent on it, and they also insist on the service being safe, clean etc. If everyone drove everywhere, like in most of the US, the prevailing political winds would differ. Both situations are equilibria separated by a sharp ridge that needs to be overcome in order to change one to the other.
- undersuit 3y agoYou suspect it? That's my hypothesis from the beginning. >I wonder if the US and Canadian reliance on personal transport...