Silver Arrows
I wish I had a helmet cam so I could show you what kind of idiot car brains I have to put up with on the way home.
https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.world/post/33991539
Comment by @Rentlar:
It's pretty telling of the fact that:
Car-free streets and workable alternatives to driving, provide people the freedom that car ads are portraying.
Great video by Jason McBason about why cars suck so much.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=63ChHr8D5_U
"#Driving sucks. Car culture sucks. Needing a car, being car-poor, traffic, driving in general. It's all bad And bad driving has become normalized. This commentary is a rant about car-dependence, car culture, and how annoying it is to need a car rather than being car-free. Car-centric places are dangerous and stressful. But it is possible to have #walkablecities with mass transit designed for pedestrians, cyclists who want to bike, and public transportation."
Why Cars SUCK
So... I've realised I actually hate bike lanes.
I'm not against the concept. It's just the theory and the reality don't match.
On roads, I expect idiot car brains and so I'm always on alert for them.
On cycle lanes, I expect to be more safe. But I'm not. The part of my commute where I'm on the high road is fine. As soon as I get to the part with dedicated cycle lanes, I'll encounter idiot cyclists who cycle in the wrong lane (there are lanes on each side of the road for cycles, so there's no excuse) almost leading to collisions. Idiots on illegal mopeds (they are not e-bikes, they are mopeds, whatever they want to claim) think they have a right to use their frickin throttle powered bike on the cycle lane. There will be pedestrians strolling along the cycle lane claiming right of way (I had to avoid one man with a freaking baby in a pushchair walking right towards me, even though there was plenty of space on the pavement, because he refused to move). Or a few weeks ago, an actual freaking car driving at right angles actually totally over the cycle lane right as I was about to go past. I wish I'd kicked his car, absolute car-brained prick. The pic shows where it happened. The man with the pushchair was around the same area.
Idiots upon idiots.
And this is why I have stopped cycling to work.
#fcars #carbrain #cyclelaneblockers #cyclelanes #London #bikes #Londoncycling #cyclists
Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead by a driver
https://lemmy.world/post/30840776
What the actual ****
Parents are charged after their son, 7, is struck dead in a car accident - Lemmy.World
The grieving parents of a 7-year-old child who died hours after being hit by a car were charged with involuntary manslaughter after allowing him and his brother, 10, to walk home unaccompanied by an adult from a nearby grocery store.
Check out this comment showing how US parking minimums have caused whole streets to be knocked down to make space for car parks.
Parking minimums in a nutshell:
https://lemmy.world/comment/7926159
I'm so glad we don't have that crap over here.
(images from linked comment)
Silver ArrowsThese monstrosities need to be mega-taxed in cities, or even better, outright banned. There is NO need for these emotional support vehicles here.
#banSUVs #London #fcars #fckcars #urbanism #stupidcarbrain #insecuredrivers
