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Yes I agree 100% my earlier post about preferring my car is not to say I enjoy using a car, I would love to not need one, but I only use it because the lack of social safety net in the US causes issues on transit that are not as prominent in other countries I took transit in netherlands, denmark, spain, portugal, france, belgium, italy, austria, the UK, and scotland, and I never had an issue. I think in lisbon there was someone on one of the subways that was being belligerent but a bunch of other people immediately yelled at him and he stopped
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there's a cool book about the pilot project for this strategy, written by some guy 
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mystes posted:(Taps thread title)
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vyelkin posted:I have had unpleasant experiences on public transit in the US but all of them (that I can remember offhand, anyway) can be attributed to the lack of additional services for mentally ill people rather than public transit itself being bad I've had far more unpleasant experiences on the road than I have on public transit, plus the experiences themselves are a little different. never once have I been genuinely terrified of dying on a metro car vs multiple times a year nearly getting obliterated by a Ford Penis Compensator or a teenager texting while playing Fortnite on the center console
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vyelkin posted:I mean you see the same problem with overpolicing. Basically the only public service a lot of parts of the US put any money into at all is policing, so the police are used as a hammer to beat down every social problem that looks like a nail. Firefighters have to hold community fundraisers to meet their budget while police roll around in tanks beating the poo poo out of homeless people. Similarly, public transit gets poo poo on, sometimes literally, because for a lot of desperate people it's the only place they can go to get warm and out of the elements. It's not the only reason someone might need help, and they way they deal with his might not be always great, but it's noticeable how much rarer it is to see someone in public having an acute mental health crisis in the uk and europe than some large, "progressive" us cities
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Mayor Dave posted:I've had far more unpleasant experiences on the road than I have on public transit, plus the experiences themselves are a little different. never once have I been genuinely terrified of dying on a metro car vs multiple times a year nearly getting obliterated by a Ford Penis Compensator or a teenager texting while playing Fortnite on the center console yeah I mean this is while I do drive, I drive a very tiny amount I think the average motorist in the US drives between 13-15K miles/year. So I drive about 1/14th of that lol
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Mayor Dave posted:I've had far more unpleasant experiences on the road than I have on public transit, plus the experiences themselves are a little different. never once have I been genuinely terrified of dying on a metro car vs multiple times a year nearly getting obliterated by a Ford Penis Compensator or a teenager texting while playing Fortnite on the center console There was only one time I can recall being legitimately afraid for my safety on public transit and that was on a nearly empty bus where someone at the back was very loudly yelling about the detailed ways he was going to murder people. I have also been afraid for my safety in cars in North America, but it's a different kind of fear. Anyway I still hate cars and always use public transit despite having had some bad experiences with it. It remains the superior choice even though it would be even more superior when placed in the context of a society that not only invests more in public transit, but also in social well-being.
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Imagine what it's like for the confused carbrains who choose these things. Like a snake shopping for shoes.
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Gripweed posted:https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1508497886010613761?s=20&t=pjch2rDLuEfOW1iE-u9QeQ Also if this is what happens when there's a sudden snow at the end of March I can't wait to see what happens when the climate gets even more hosed up mystes has issued a correction as of 19:28 on Mar 28, 2022 |
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wow whiteout conditions? better go for a 70 mph drive to walmart
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:wow whiteout conditions? better go for a 70 mph drive to walmart don't worry, I grew up in the north, i know how to drive in the snow *doesn't adjust speed to conditions, doesn't start braking earlier, doesn't leave any extra room between themself and the car in front of them*
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Gripweed posted:https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1508497886010613761?s=20&t=pjch2rDLuEfOW1iE-u9QeQ at least 5 people dead because drivers won't slow the gently caress down https://twitter.com/MCatrillo/status/1508512984909422601
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Polo-Rican posted:at least 5 people dead because drivers won't slow the gently caress down
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actionjackson posted:Yes I agree 100% my earlier post about preferring my car is not to say I enjoy using a car, I would love to not need one, but I only use it because the lack of social safety net in the US causes issues on transit that are not as prominent in other countries Same transit system as actionjackson, and I have to admit that despite previously being a daily rider prior to getting a car for work, I’m still hesitant to get on the light rail. It’s really not just right wing rags/Twitter accounts. But my friend who is much smaller than me has no issues, though she’s had some negative experiences for sure. Like aj said it’s a catch-22. But ya know what, I’ll give it a try sooner than not. At least I’ve been paying for my transit pass so they’re getting my money anyway.
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actionjackson posted:aren't those trucks on a fire a huge explosion risk or is that just in movies trucks are actually at their safest when they're on fire.
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:don't worry, I grew up in the north, i know how to drive in the snow this isnt just a problem with snow. i grew up in miami, and no one but me seemed to grasp that you should slow down when it starts raining. it rains with some frequency in miami. no one was unfamiliar with it.
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Doc Hawkins posted:this isnt just a problem with snow. i grew up in miami, and no one but me seemed to grasp that you should slow down when it starts raining. I think some of it stems from the fact that once you are licensed to drive it takes quite a bit of loving up to lose that license, but it's not like anyone is every periodically re-tested on how to operate these loving machines. as result, driving becomes like a binary skill - you can do it or you can't, and if anyone is a 'bad driver' that's just how God made em and they can't help it! you have to banish the thought that operating the machine is a skill that can be improved because it's not a skill - it's muscle memory, background noise, something to tune out while you're thinking of what to have for dinner until the car in front of you is slamming on their brakes and then WOOPS
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oh yeah, one time i was turning right to a freeway on ramp, and i glanced to the car that had turned left onto the same onramp, parallel and keeping pace to me, and saw that it was slowly spinning like a top. so i turned my gaze forward and gingerly accelerated just a tad to make sure i got away from whatever the gently caress was going to happen to them before our lanes merged.
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Boywhiz88 posted:Same transit system as actionjackson, and I have to admit that despite previously being a daily rider prior to getting a car for work, I’m still hesitant to get on the light rail. It’s really not just right wing rags/Twitter accounts. But my friend who is much smaller than me has no issues, though she’s had some negative experiences for sure. well there's the other issue that the transit system here is still pretty terrible unless you are traveling to and from very specific areas, like either downtown, uptown etc. I'm sure i've posted the transit options for visiting my parents - it's ten minutes by car (280-36-snelling), or this get on the 67 on franklin, 13 min/20 stops later, get off the 67 and transfer to the A line, which takes you to the mall then transfer to ANOTHER bus then get off that and walk 1/2 mile estimated time over an hour lol and that's leaving now, if I wanted to leave in the evening, or anytime on weekends, that third bus doesn't exist, so I would have to walk 1.6 miles
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Doc Hawkins posted:this isnt just a problem with snow. i grew up in miami, and no one but me seemed to grasp that you should slow down when it starts raining. Seattle is the exact same way.
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Gripweed posted:https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1508497886010613761?s=20&t=pjch2rDLuEfOW1iE-u9QeQ "I need to get the gently caress off the road!" is the smartest thing that went through the head of anyone in this video and it took a full minute into the video to arrive at that conclusion lol
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Gripweed posted:trucks are actually at their safest when they're on fire.  a truck that’s one fire isn’t going to try to run me over
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vyelkin posted:I have had unpleasant experiences on public transit in the US but all of them (that I can remember offhand, anyway) can be attributed to the lack of additional services for mentally ill people rather than public transit itself being bad https://i.imgur.com/La0BWHq.mp4
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:wow whiteout conditions? better go for a 70 mph drive to walmart It's unfathomable that I drive a reasonable speed for the weather
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's unfathomable that I drive a reasonable speed for the weather if you drive less than 70 in a whiteout, the guy behind you going 70 is going to hit you. please be more responsible.
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Milo and POTUS posted:It's unfathomable that I drive a reasonable speed for the weather
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i failed a driving exam for driving under the speed limit during a snowstorm lol there was 6 inches of snow everywhere
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cool av posted:if you drive less than 70 in a whiteout, the guy behind you going 70 is going to hit you. please be more responsible. Exactly this. Roads are a high stakes fluid simulation, therefore everyone must drive as fast as the most foolish potential driver.
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mystes posted:These people need to get way the gently caress further away from the road or they're going to die 5 people did die in that video. e: that'll teach me to refresh. (no. no it won't. my calcified brain will never hit f5 before replying to a thread) i just don't get what the actual gently caress was going through their minds right before the windshield did. just straight up incomprehensible to me and I'm from NY and I've driven in lovely weather up there. Harik has issued a correction as of 09:57 on Mar 29, 2022 |
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at least they were probably killed relatively fast by crushing forces, and hopefully didnt slowly bleed out or suffocate from fires or fumes in the crashes. but either way thats a much better fate than *checks notes* getting sweaty on a bicycle or smelling pee on a bus
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Harik posted:i just don't get what the actual gently caress was going through their minds right before the windshield did. just straight up incomprehensible to me and I'm from NY and I've driven in lovely weather up there. gotta go fast, cant let rubes get the one up on me and beat me to walmart 5 seconds sooner.
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Gripweed posted:https://twitter.com/Imposter_Edits/status/1508497886010613761?s=20&t=pjch2rDLuEfOW1iE-u9QeQ "It's icy and I can't see. Better drive full speed and hope for the best."
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Cat Puke posted:Exactly this. Roads are a high stakes fluid simulation, therefore everyone must drive as fast as the most foolish potential driver. Screaming fluid dynamics at the top of my lungs as I plow over a gramma in a rascal scooter crossing the road
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