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It's the cars right? Not the speeding driver behind the wheel. Not the person driving home buzzed from the brewery. Or the person on their phone while drivin
by nightski 2y ago
It's the cars right? Not the speeding driver behind the wheel. Not the person driving home buzzed from the brewery. Or the person on their phone while driving. It's those pesky damn cars.
Our culture not only makes too many excuses for reckless drivers, it actively encourages them.
That said, our neighborhood has kids playing in the street all the time. But we are fortunate enough to be secluded from the major roads (even though there are plenty of roads).
- plorg 2y agoSure, but the critique of cars in this case is that by making people reliant on cars you encourage all of the above behaviors because people spend more time driving and have fewer transportation options. I don't think you're going to find many, if any, critics of car-centric infrastructure who don't think those things are a problem.
- bigyikes 2y agoI mean… a little bit, yeah. These giant trucks and SUVs really do increase danger, noise, road wear, spot size, etc. Edit: Less than an hour later I got ran out of my lane by a guy in a truck :’) That’s what I get for driving a tiny car, I guess…
- kiba 2y agoEverything becomes easier when you don't require cars to do daily living. Ultimately this is a system level problem that requires multiple solutions and multiple approaches. Ultimately, jailing drunks after the fact is just too late. You need to intervene earlier. After all, there's no drunk to jail if adults never get drunk. Or people just walk home never having to worry about getting hit by a car.
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- woodruffw 2y agoIt’s both: reckless driving is induced by car dependence, and car dependence enables reckless drivers to victimize others.