Diego Beghin

Rio de Janeiro has a recently built bypass highway (Arco Metropolitano) which is barely used because it's unsafe, as in there's a high risk of mugging. Truck drivers prefer using highways going through more urbanised areas to keep themselves and their cargo safe.

A good example of how a lack of public safety is bad for urban sprawl. https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2022/12/07/muita-promessa-e-pouca-entrega-veja-como-arco-metropolitano-passou-de-solucao-de-trafego-para-rota-fantasma-e-perigosa.ghtml

Apr 24, 2023 at 4:59pmWeb
Show threadDiego BeghinApr 24, 2023
It's an interesting contrast with the US, where suburbs tend to be safer than inner cities. But that's an issue of racism and local authorities willingly abandoning areas which are majority black.
Show threadDiego BeghinApr 24, 2023

The same happens in Rio, the whiter and richer South (by the ocean beaches) is more heavily policed than comparable urban areas with poorer residents.

But still, those poor urban neighbourhoods are easier to patrol than endless sprawl or outright rural areas.

Show thread🌺 Cat PöñíçkøvāApr 24, 2023
@DiegoBeghin how would you rob a truck going 100 km/h?
Show threadJeder  Apr 24, 2023
@[email protected] @DiegoBeghin stop it?
Show thread🌺 Cat PöñíçkøvāApr 24, 2023
@jeder @DiegoBeghin without going very die?
Show threadJeder  Apr 24, 2023
@[email protected] @DiegoBeghin i am thinking more about autostop
Show thread🌺 Cat PöñíçkøvāApr 24, 2023
@jeder @DiegoBeghin i would just not stop?
Show threadDiego BeghinApr 24, 2023
@pony @jeder You can blockade the road with a couple of cars. Admittedly there's sometimes the opposite issue, with drivers stuck in a traffic jam being easy prey for muggers.
Show threadNumber One Shoup FanApr 24, 2023
@DiegoBeghin It's crazy how opposite this is from the US. USians always believe they are invulnerable in their cars!
Show threadDiego BeghinApr 25, 2023
@OneShoup Yup, if organised gangs were pulling these kinds of stunts in the US the police would be willing and able to crack down on them.