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> Driving is like smoking only much worse. That is a weird comparison. Smoking has no objective upsides, unless you count pleasure or the stimulant effect of
by rootusrootus 2y ago
> Driving is like smoking only much worse.
That is a weird comparison. Smoking has no objective upsides, unless you count pleasure or the stimulant effect of nicotine. Driving, on the other hand, has a huge utilitarian aspect that is impossible to ignore. There are many things you cannot accomplish using public transit, and many of the counter arguments are transparently made by young healthy individuals with a lot of stamina, plenty of spare time, and no children. And probably no house. That may seem like utopia to some folks but it completely ignores reality, so the argument is dead on arrival.
- bluecalm 2y agoDriving bigger cars which are often only bigger outside has very little utility or even negative one if you don't count pleasure people get from driving dangerously. Minivans beat SUVs in almost all use cases and are safer for others as well but here we are. I am not saying cars don't have utility but the problem is that you can buy a more dangerous, more polluting, bigger one and not pay the costs you incur on others. It's like smokers blowing the smoke into other people faces and then disposing of the cigarette butt on the street without paying anything. Just make drivers pay the costs they incur on others and then let people choose. Right now it's a giant subsidy for driving at every step.