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Everyone Has ‘Car Brain’
- isaacfrond 3y agotl;dr People who drive cars, Dean pointed out, do consider themselves to be “pedestrians” in other situations—that is, when they themselves are walking—and they agree that safety laws are important. Still, no matter what they may say, they continue to do whatever they want. If the term had been available to him, he might have used the pejorative car brain to describe the conundrum he was observing. It describes both a state of mind (“you’re car-brained”) and a type of person (“she is a car brain”).
- isaacfrond 3y agohttps://archive.is/9B2gN https://archive.is/9B2gN
- Fricken 3y agoDisney did a PSA on it in the early 50s. "Goofy Motor Mania": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPSIb3kt_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwPSIb3kt_4
- beardyw 3y agoI live in London and own a car (which is parked in the street!) But in thinking of moving out recently I realised that could not conceive of being entirely reliant on the car. Faced with a choice, I would rather give up my car to stay where I have access to good public transport.
- anovikov 3y agoIt might sound counterintuitive but cars reduce inequality. Drastically increasing people's shopping radius they decrease premium on the prime-location commercial real estate and business located there, thus letting more business make money more equally.