Cars are the new guns in America. 🫢

  • xiao@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    The driving license should be conditional on an annual psychological examination.

    A car is literally a weapon

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      1 year ago

      I watched a lady behind me lock up her brakes and almost skid into the ditch today. Of course she was on the phone… so many idiots on the road.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a shitty situation because at the same time public transportation is absolutely fucking hot garbage outside of a few large cities. Some sort of regulation needs to happen though

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    1 year ago

    How many pedestrians and cyclists must die in order for us to take car licensing requirements more seriously?

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Some of the blame here lies with media depictions of cyclists as arrogant, inconsiderate, etc. But those lies would never stick if it weren’t for the shoddy infrastructure that puts cyclists and cars in the same spaces when they should be kept separate.

    • Erk@cdda.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s literally not possible to ride my bike home from work without going through traffic on one of the busiest streets. They force us into the car traffic and then portray us as getting in the way. It’s infuriating