Bread and CircusesI found this truck parked on the street in my neighborhood. Notice that the life-threatening bumper is actually labeled ROAD ARMOR.
We sometimes talk about a #WarOnCars. But what's really happening is a war BY cars on pedestrians and cyclists.
Eppy NWS@breadandcircuses I have a few (non lifted but big contractor trucks from a few families that are full of contractors) on the street, but I don't hate them because:
- The people who own them tend to be very slow in moving them around the neighborhood... owing to the fact that they are McHugeLarge and have poor visibility and also trying to rush to the stop sign would just burn gas/brakes.
- They make all the traffic slow down because they are BIG. Like rolling traffic calming devices. Ironically the cars that always seem to be speeding are the luxury CUVs and Teslas coming from the Rich Neighborhood that got built as a spar off of our neighborhood. They'd try to do 40 in the neighborhood if they didn't have to slow down to get around contractor trucks.