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People on bikes may be rude and may not follow the rules, but can't be aggressive.
When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.
Original stripe from the Onion: https://www.theonion.com/bum-rush-hour-1846606314
Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113615912203015089
People are insufficiently conscious of their visibility. Last night, in the dark and rain, a jogger came running full speed to cross a crosswalk from a dark wooded area between buildings who was completely wearing black. I would have hit her if it weren't for the two inches of white socks that extended above her black sneakers which allowed me to slam the brakes just a moment before.
I know it can be hard to introspect about your own visibility. My partner has pointed out to me how to be better visible when I go out on my bike. More people should think about it.
Across the board, nighttime visibility on US roads has gotten worse for drivers and cyclists alike imo.
It would be very good for pedestrian deaths if somebody spray painted a garbage can black, put it on that crosswalk in the middle of the night, and filled it with bricks. That way, all the people who drive their cars too fast will crash into it and learn to be more careful.
How about we build a raised crosswalk so cars naturally have to slow down to cross it, which will make them more aware of anyone attempting to cross at the crosswalk and lower the speed, which will lower impact forces, if they still get hit.
Great idea!
Pretty sociopathic
Cars have crumple zones. Nobody would be hurt, and it would prevent pedestrians from being hurt in the future.
Except for the fact that people sometimes get seriously injured in 15 mph accidents all the time
you realize that not everyone is as healthy/strong as the average man. do you really want an elderly person or a chronically ill person subjected to a head on collision ?
If they don't want to smash into things, they can drive to the conditions. Their cars have lights, it's just a matter of using them properly by driving at an appropriate speed.
the 'conditions' dont include a maniac camouflaging dangerous objects to purposely make innocent people crash.
If they didn't smash into the bin, then sooner or later they'd risk smashing people instead. Drag would rather bins be run over than people. They won't be innocent when their reckless driving gets someone killed.
Actually, I agree! We should also shoot dead drug users and lowlifes... otherwise they're going to hurt someone eventually!
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/sLetting reckless drivers run over a bin won't cause any deaths unless they're going fast enough to turn a pedestrian into red paint. For all real world cases, it'll simply be a bit of self-inflicted property damage.
okay. i suppose a more similar comparison would be the police distributing laced weed (or other drugs, if weed is legal where u live). it only hurts the druggies who are reckless enough to take drugs, right ?
you are also forgetting the fact that a painted bin will still be an inconvenience for the well-intentioned driver. you arent making it better for them. you are only making it detrimental to those who dont react in time.
It'll be better for responsible drivers. They can just drive around it easily once they see it, and they won't have to share the road with reckless drivers, because the reckless drivers will have cars with smashed fronts. That's a few seconds in exchange for possibly saving their lives.
And it's not the same as laced weed, because smoking weed doesn't hurt anyone, and laced weed does. Reckless driving kills people, and black brick bins don't. It's the opposite way around.
but weed can hurt you. it wont always. maybe it is unlikely even. but it can. same with reckless driving. if it were 100% chance u would die, people wouldnt do it.
You're talking about weed hurting the smoker, but drag is talking about reckless driving hurting helpless bystanders. Those aren't the same.
Drag is the best