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I almost got hit by a car that didn't stop at a stop sign. I hate car.
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im glad my accident totaled my car, i hate them and will never buy another
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Oct 7, 2021 00:13
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Oct 7, 2021 00:16
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travel au jus?
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Oct 7, 2021 00:17
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today this guy unexpectedly peeled out of his on-street parking spot without looking as i was riding along in the bike lane. if i had been even a bit distracted when he did that, i would be in the hospital right now. i don't know if he even saw me at any point during this event, just completely unaware of the person he almost maimed with his 3000-pound weapon.
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Oct 7, 2021 02:06
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God Hole posted:today this guy unexpectedly peeled out of his on-street parking spot without looking as i was riding along in the bike lane. if i had been even a bit distracted when he did that, i would be in the hospital right now. i don't know if he even saw me at any point during this event, just completely unaware of the person he almost maimed with his 3000-pound weapon. just travel!
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Oct 7, 2021 02:42
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God Hole posted:today this guy unexpectedly peeled out of his on-street parking spot without looking as i was riding along in the bike lane. if i had been even a bit distracted when he did that, i would be in the hospital right now. i don't know if he even saw me at any point during this event, just completely unaware of the person he almost maimed with his 3000-pound weapon. sounds like you hsould get a 4000 lb shield to protect yourself check out carvana
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Oct 7, 2021 02:42
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i read this whole thread in one sitting and then had a nap, and in my dream i was cycling and got so mad at cars i started gnashing my teeth, and they all fell out. thanks for reading and gently caress cars
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Oct 7, 2021 05:20
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if u find ur dream teeth in another dream, u can unlock a dream easter egg
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Oct 7, 2021 06:20
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There's a 95 integra in nice shape for a really good deal near me. I do not need a car... But I want a car. God dangit
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Oct 7, 2021 07:15
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if this thread is good for anything it's convincing people to buy decades-old sports cars as a commuter/everyday vehicle
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Oct 7, 2021 07:59
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quote:A citizens’ initiative calling for a ban on private car use in central Berlin would create the largest car-free urban area in the world. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/berlins-car-ban-campaign-its-about-how-we-want-to-live-breathe-and-play 
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Oct 7, 2021 08:36
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Sphyre posted:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/berlins-car-ban-campaign-its-about-how-we-want-to-live-breathe-and-play very hateful of those germans to hate the poor commuters and the 95 year old elderlys that need to drive 4000 lbs of plastic and steel to the pharmacy to pickup a gallon of milk
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Oct 7, 2021 08:56
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lol remember when cars gave every boomer brain damage due to lead poisoning
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Oct 7, 2021 13:31
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Xaris posted:very hateful of those germans to hate the poor commuters and the 95 year old elderlys that need to drive 4000 lbs of plastic and steel to the pharmacy to pickup a gallon of milk lol when even the average goods vehicle in Singapore is under 3000 lbs unladen
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Oct 7, 2021 13:36
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Sphyre posted:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/06/berlins-car-ban-campaign-its-about-how-we-want-to-live-breathe-and-play 
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Oct 7, 2021 13:41
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I wish it were more feasible to move somewhere like that.
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Oct 7, 2021 15:17
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when birds poo poo on cars, people should take the hint and delete the car
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Oct 7, 2021 15:19
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I wish it were more feasible to move somewhere like that. how do you even move there if you are in the US, do you need to have some special skill where an employer would hire you over someone German?
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Oct 7, 2021 15:57
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actionjackson posted:how do you even move there if you are in the US, do you need to have some special skill where an employer would hire you over someone German?
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Oct 7, 2021 16:07
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You have to work out some kind of foothold that gets you in, and then it's easier to stay. You can't just propose emigration, because the country will laugh at you and hand you a tourist visa. Enrolling in university seems like the easiest option. Teaching English works in some places. Marrying a citizen is the background of most House Hunters International episodes. Or yeah, having a special skill that the country needs, but those lists are pretty particular, and you have to find an employer. Some countries will let you buy a long-term resident visa, but it's really expensive. And they're often geared toward old people to extract their remaining wealth before they die.
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Oct 7, 2021 16:12
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God Hole posted:today this guy unexpectedly peeled out of his on-street parking spot without looking as i was riding along in the bike lane. if i had been even a bit distracted when he did that, i would be in the hospital right now. i don't know if he even saw me at any point during this event, just completely unaware of the person he almost maimed with his 3000-pound weapon. Bike lanes on streets where cars are turning left and right and parking are just a complete nightmare, there are so many ways to die. I cannot fathom why every neoliberal city planner insists on adding more of these death zones everywhere. I got really good at looking through rear windshields and at mirrors, you can intuit people's actions most of the time as they glance or lean to the side before pulling a maneuver. But even if you are good at this you will still die.
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Oct 7, 2021 16:40
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i say swears online posted:if this thread is good for anything it's convincing people to buy decades-old sports cars as a commuter/everyday vehicle I know what the heck is wrong with us. Sometimes I feel like a recovering caraholic. I don't drive a car anymore but the nostalgia is still there tempting.
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Oct 7, 2021 16:40
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ride your bike on the sidewalk. risk of getting pancaked on the road is too high and Americans don't walk anywhere anyway
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Oct 7, 2021 16:42
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or just build a network like this that lets you bypass roads https://twitter.com/GlasgowCC/status/1445419804668710919
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Oct 7, 2021 16:47
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Pryor on Fire posted:or just build a network like this that lets you bypass roads i'm not super aware of how infrastructure projects work in scotland, but if this was a us city this would be unveiled and then 10 years later after construction crews were destroying everything the whole time you'll get a 1/2 size bike lane on 3 new roads and it cost $1 trillion
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Oct 7, 2021 16:53
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what we need are silt striders so we can ride instead of walk. They even make special trips, just for you. Same low price.
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Oct 7, 2021 16:54
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Vomik posted:i'm not super aware of how infrastructure projects work in scotland, but if this was a us city this would be unveiled and then 10 years later after construction crews were destroying everything the whole time you'll get a 1/2 size bike lane on 3 new roads and it cost $1 trillion if it were canada, one mayor would announce it to great fanfare, the city council would spend $100 million working on it over four years but not quite finishing any of the improvements yet, then a new mayor would get elected and immediately cancel it
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Oct 7, 2021 16:57
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Fitzy Fitz posted:You have to work out some kind of foothold that gets you in, and then it's easier to stay. You can't just propose emigration, because the country will laugh at you and hand you a tourist visa. Enrolling in university seems like the easiest option. Teaching English works in some places. Marrying a citizen is the background of most House Hunters International episodes. Or yeah, having a special skill that the country needs, but those lists are pretty particular, and you have to find an employer. Hmm I'm a biostatistician is that on a list? haha with enrolling in a university, do you just do a semester and then drop out, and you are magically a citizen or what https://www.germany.info/us-en/service/03-Citizenship/german-citizenship-obtain/919576 quote:Since Jan. 1, 1970 the acquisition of German citizenship by marriage does not exist anymore. A foreign spouse can only naturalize if certain requirements are met. Also I have a lot of German ancestry, but you can't claim that unless they came to the US after 1904 apparently actionjackson has issued a correction as of 17:14 on Oct 7, 2021 |
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Oct 7, 2021 17:12
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I think it's more that you use your years in university to network and secure a job before graduation.
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Oct 7, 2021 17:17
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Pryor on Fire posted:Bike lanes on streets where cars are turning left and right and parking are just a complete nightmare, there are so many ways to die. I cannot fathom why every neoliberal city planner insists on adding more of these death zones everywhere. it allows them to say "we built 3000 miles of bike lanes :–)" and pat themselves on the back without actually doing anything or solving any problems i'm pro bike lane when they're good, but do wonder how much safer sharrows are than... just... biking on the road and moving over when it's safe if a lot of cars want to pass
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Oct 7, 2021 17:45
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Polo-Rican posted:i'm pro bike lane when they're good, but do wonder how much safer sharrows are than... just... biking on the road and moving over when it's safe if a lot of cars want to pass sharrows suck real bad https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01...l%20protection.
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Oct 7, 2021 18:13
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I live where sharrows were invented and this is the first I'm hearing of them. That's what the arrows mean???!? 
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Oct 7, 2021 18:32
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Pryor on Fire posted:I live where sharrows were invented and this is the first I'm hearing of them. That's what the arrows mean???!? there was a thing here a few years back where this woman was driving a car and taking a video of a cyclist in front of her at the same time while complaining about how the cyclist wasn't supposed to be there. she was just mad that he was temporarily preventing her from speeding i think, but in addition to everything else - her talking about how he deserved to get hit by a car, clearly holding the phone and operating it while driving, etc - he was literally biking over a sharrow while she was ranting. the absolute best case scenario for a sharrow isn't that it can actually protect anyone from anything, but it might serve to educate drivers that cyclists are allowed to be there.. and yet it didn't do that. loving useless. anyone who proposes installing sharrows anywhere in a place where cyclists actually need protection deserves to be tarred and feathered
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Oct 7, 2021 18:42
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Dolphin posted:ride your bike on the sidewalk. risk of getting pancaked on the road is too high and Americans don't walk anywhere anyway i ride on the sidewalk most of the time i bike anywhere without a real multiuse trail and cars still manage to nearly run into me just at crosswalks
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Oct 7, 2021 20:26
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riding on sidewalks at any appreciable speed is insanely dangerous. Highly recommend to not do it
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Oct 7, 2021 21:10
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:riding on sidewalks at any appreciable speed is insanely dangerous. Highly recommend to not do it yeah you could get hit by a drunk driver
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Oct 7, 2021 21:17
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i recently moved away from an area next to a seven-mile bike path that leads to a giant empty park with a 1.6 mile blacktop loop, would do 25-30 miles twice a week and i loved it. my new place is physically much closer to the park but the main entrance/exit to my neighborhood has no sidewalks or bike lanes. i started running instead and now my left knee sucks
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Oct 7, 2021 21:19
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vyelkin posted:if it were canada, one mayor would announce it to great fanfare, the city council would spend $100 million working on it over four years but not quite finishing any of the improvements yet, then a new mayor would get elected and immediately cancel it i swear the majority of toronto's budget over the past couple decades has been devoted to funding infrastructure concept art. it took them ten years to build this gently caress-ugly pedestrian bridge: 
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Electro-Boogie Jack posted:there was a thing here a few years back where this woman was driving a car and taking a video of a cyclist in front of her at the same time while complaining about how the cyclist wasn't supposed to be there. she was just mad that he was temporarily preventing her from speeding i think, but in addition to everything else - her talking about how he deserved to get hit by a car, clearly holding the phone and operating it while driving, etc - he was literally biking over a sharrow while she was ranting. Sharrows are great because they are basically free to install and then you get to have a disingenuous sound-bite about how you installed 400,000miles of bike lanes or whatever.
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