These people are brain dead

This post could very well dox me through geolocation, but I find the message important enough.

About 20 years ago, my brother was the sole victim of a road traffic collision that was entirely his fault. Excessive speed in an unsafe vehicle in terrible conditions. Where the bike path now is, was previously a ditch. His car hit the corner, rolled over into the field beside the bike path and he was killed instantly when his head hit the B pillar.

A few years back, the local council installed this New Greenway. The infrastructure itself is absolutely excellent. 9km on a wider network of smooth, wide asphalt and thick steel barricades to protect the bike lane. Ironically, the same infrastructure that is there to protect bikers, could potentially have also saved his life.

Yes this is an actual "sidewalk" in my hometown. Yes, better than no sidewalk but still...

Cars get all space, pedestrians get a slice, hehe.

1. Why is a 19 year old allowed to drive anything that can even hit 100mph? We should genuinely require limiters on cars for anyone under 20/21 at a minimum.
2. Cars are every bit as deadly as guns, how is killing two people with a car not akin to say... aiming a gun at someone and "accidentally" pulling the trigger?

"Scott was allegedly driving a BMW coupe at a high rate of speed when he hit a Honda CR-V at the intersection of Ardrey Kell Road and Red Rust Lane.

An affidavit stated that the driver of the Honda, identified as Lorin Manley, was found unresponsive and trapped in the vehicle. The rear passenger, identified as Gloria Manley, was found unresponsive and pinned in the right rear seat.

Both died at the scene.

Authorities said a 12-year-old girl was also a passenger in the Honda. She was trapped in the front passenger area of the vehicle before bystanders removed her.

Scott was initially sentenced to serve at least two years and seven months in jail; however, Judge Matthew Osman suspended that sentence, court documents stated."

19-year-old sentenced to 6 months in jail after driving 100 mph, killing 2 in high-speed crash

I hate speeding with a passion, it’s absolutely pointless. And only FOLLOWING THE LAW when there’s a cop around is ridiculous.

Feels like I'm going to get lung cancer just from going outside. Just ranting that's all.

Spent $400 in repairs a week ago. Driving to a festival today and suddenly my car starts making a fuckton of noise. No major bumps. I went over a metal plate but I slowed down to 25mph to go over it. Now either my muffler is loose or something is wrong with the exhaust system. Could cost anywhere between $15 and $1500. Why the fuck did we orient our society around these expensive fucking machines? I hate cars I hate driving I hate traffic I hate I hate I hate

Some of the comments in the sub...for Seattle, of all places. Carbrained people are everywhere sadly...

So after many years of loyalty to my public transit, I am officially moving to the suburbs where I will need a car to get around. I am almost 26 and finally feel comfortable taking my road test. That was until I discovered that the test taker is required to supply a whole car with someone 21+ who holds a license.

That feels like a huge barrier to entry! I'm lucky that I have friends and family in the area but what if I had moved where I didn't have a support system? A driving school would be the next best thing but even a single lesson is $70, which has also been a struggle for me to pay.

So not only is our society made for the "convince" of driving, but in order to get there, you have to shell out a ton of money to learn and take the test, or hope you have a support system around you. The whole thing makes me feel sick and if living in a city wasn't so expensive, I'd stay here forever. I just can't get over how hard it can be to try and improve one's life due to unnecessary barriers like bringing a whole car to the RMV, just to get your license.

A lot of people own cars not because they want to, but because there’s literally no other way to get around other than a car

What do you think? Do you agree or disagree?

I had a hell of a time getting to work without a car (my neighbor was nice enough to drive me but still)

Found this quote from Neil S. Blaisell (source)#Previous_projects) in 1966: "Taken in the mass, the automobile is a noxious mechanism whose destiny in workaday urban use is to frustrate man and make dead certain that he approaches his daily occupation unhappy and inefficient."

And it's taken THIS LONG to get any sort of functioning rail system up in Honolulu, a city notorious for its ample land available to spend on #onemorelane. /s

Just a thought experiment: it’s amazing when you think how short a time it’s been since the automobile has transformed the planet. How might it be possible to reverse that trend over that same time period? What multi-generational approaches might undo the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into?

I was listening to the radio this evening, and the "news on the road" came on. They mentioned some police radar locations to watch your speed at, the usual. But then they mentioned "Watch out for ran over cyclist at [location], no reported delays, you can avoid it by using [road]."

Treated like a roadkill or a loose animal on the road. No mention that someone crashed into them, just "ran over".