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Shameless copy/paste of my comment from the earlier article: My problem with the rah-rah around Tesla is that, good as they might be compared to the status-quo
by jchrisa 13y ago
Shameless copy/paste of my comment from the earlier article:
My problem with the rah-rah around Tesla is that, good as they might be compared to the status-quo, they are still cars.
There's not enough attention paid to the fact that cars and the sedentary lifestyle they encourage are a net-negative for most people. Many of the folks I talk to who'd like to move to an active form of transportation don't because they are scared of being hit by a car. We've effectively ceded huge swaths of public space to single occupancy vehicles, and made it off limits to humans. This is bad for the health of the people in those cars, but also bad for everyone else.
- apetrovic 13y agoSo, your opinion is that we should ban cars from highways so people can use bicycles to go to work? BTW, I call bullshit on "folks" you talked to - if one really wants to "move to active form of transportation" one just do it. Instead of sitting in the car and complaining how life isn't fair.
- vecinu 13y agoYou seem to have ignored the main point of the OP you're responding to. It is not SAFE to be on a bike on a public road. Do you read the news and notice how almost every week you hear of a bicyclist being hit and/or killed? I for one do not ride my bike to school because I do not feel SAFE, no matter if I wear a helmet, pads and armor.
- jchrisa 13y agoMore like ban cars from neighborhoods. And ban highways from cities.