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mystes posted:Philadelphia has solved the problem of not having enough bus drivers because they aren't paying enough, and you'll be very happy to know that the solution is in fact to pay people! Watch them throw minority parents in jail for fraud because their kid biked to school.
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mystes posted:Philadelphia has solved the problem of not having enough bus drivers because they aren't paying enough, and you'll be very happy to know that the solution is in fact to pay people! quote:Starting salaries begin at $23,400 for part-time drivers, and $44,880 for full-time. 
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My wife was wondering why every time we go visit her family in France there's always a transit strike and I gotta keep reminding her that if they don't gently caress up everyone's vacation time a little bit you're not going to have transit that works when you're not on vacation. I don't think there were any strikes this time around, but it's been a pretty consistent thing that has literally never inconvenienced us despite the times overlapping
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eXXon posted:This would have been great to have 25 years ago, but better late than never. This cannot seriously just be active opposed lanes of traffic crossing each other at-grade
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There are some barely visible lovely models of traffic lights there. They just forgot to have all the cars stop at reds or accurately simulated some fraction of drivers running them.
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eXXon posted:This would have been great to have 25 years ago, but better late than never. They expect people to walk on that...?
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Ham Equity posted:They expect people to walk on that...? making it completely unusable by pedestrians is just an added bonus for most traffic planners
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Blackhawk posted:Also if you're going to start factoring in features that should make an accident less likely to occur into the safety rating then IMO you should also start factoring in features that make an accident MORE likely to happen, I'm thinking specifically of putting all vehicle controls into touchscreen/non-physical interfaces and giving the car lovely external visibility due to high belt lines and thick pillars. the high belt lines and thick pillars are actually considered safety features. The idea is that it gives more protection to the drivers inside. Its just that visibility was an issue for a long time. Now that there are rearview cameras and lane assist radar they can go hog wild. It's really stupid because the safest car is one moving slower but the governments and manufacturers don't want to do that. The absolute rage at the US National Speed Limit of 55 proves that its untenable to try to slow down cars. Peanut President has issued a correction as of 14:41 on Aug 26, 2023 |
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Peanut President posted:the high belt lines and thick pillars are actually considered safety features. The idea is that it gives more protection to the drivers inside. Its just that visibility was an issue for a long time. Now that there are rearview cameras and lane assist radar they can go hog wild. It's really stupid because the safest car is one moving slower but the governments and manufacturers don't want to do that. The absolute rage at the US National Speed Limit of 55 proves that its untenable to try to slow down cars. In another thread I suggested that all consumer cars should have governors in them limiting them to a max speed of 75 mph, and nobody could actually explain why that was bad but they were still offended and 1005 opposed to the idea.
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Gripweed posted:In another thread I suggested that all consumer cars should have governors in them limiting them to a max speed of 75 mph, and nobody could actually explain why that was bad but they were still offended and 1005 opposed to the idea. god that was fuckin stupid
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Gripweed posted:In another thread I suggested that all consumer cars should have governors in them limiting them to a max speed of 75 mph, and nobody could actually explain why that was bad but they were still offended and 1005 opposed to the idea. yeah i forget what thread it was in but someone was raging about driving through a suburb where the speed limit was 25 and I informed them that the speed limit in the town I grew up in (in Indiana) had a town wide speed limit of 20 with a an extra speed limit of 15 around the town church and he didn't believe me. edit: it so stupid because back in the day the rural speed limits were like 30 on the back roads and 20 in town and everyone was just fine with it. I don't know why its now such a controversial thing.
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Peanut President posted:edit: it so stupid because back in the day the rural speed limits were like 30 on the back roads and 20 in town and everyone was just fine with it. I don't know why its now such a controversial thing.
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mystes posted:chipmunks are really bad about following the proper rules for MUPs so maybe spend more time being annoyed at chipmunks saw an antsy chipmunk mistime its path crossing, run straight into the spokes of a bike, get launched 6ft in the air, then scurry back where it came from
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Peanut President posted:yeah i forget what thread it was in but someone was raging about driving through a suburb where the speed limit was 25 and I informed them that the speed limit in the town I grew up in (in Indiana) had a town wide speed limit of 20 with a an extra speed limit of 15 around the town church and he didn't believe me. forget it james, it's kulturkampf
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Hmm yes this is a problem. Bollards should be bigger.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Hmm yes this is a problem. Bollards should be bigger.
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Ham Equity posted:They expect people to walk on that...? In all honesty, probably not based on the diverging diamond interchange in my city. It works great for car traffic (resolving a previous bottleneck), but the environment it creates is as bleak as any interstate overpass.
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Martian posted:Gonna bet the driver didn't see the bollard because of the Hummer's huge hood is that a tree 
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Peanut President posted:the high belt lines and thick pillars are actually considered safety features. The idea is that it gives more protection to the drivers inside. Its just that visibility was an issue for a long time. Now that there are rearview cameras and lane assist radar they can go hog wild. It's really stupid because the safest car is one moving slower but the governments and manufacturers don't want to do that. The absolute rage at the US National Speed Limit of 55 proves that its untenable to try to slow down cars. Yeah I get that the belt line and pillars are all about making the car safer in a crash which is fine, but I also think they make a crash more likely due to poor visibility and I think that should also be factored into the rating if the positive effect of 'driver aids' get factored. I don't buy that rearview cameras and radars are an adequate replacement for visibility. People complain about cars that have cameras and screens instead of wing mirrors (like the Honda E) because cameras and screens don't give you binocular depth perception the same as what you get with a mirror, which is inherently worse/less safe. Personally I don't like the feeling of driving around inside a pillbox, it makes me (rightly) nervous that I'll hit something/somebody that I couldn't see regardless of how many tech gimmicks there are to try to bandaid the actual problem. I've said this before in the thread but IMO the real issue is that vehicle roadworthiness/safety regulations have historically prioritised the safety of vehicle occupants in the event of a crash over all other considerations, and with that incentive structure of course the end result is a literal tank with gun slits to look out of.
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Just have your car commander pop their head out of the sunroof and give you driving directions through the intercom. They can also operate the pintle mounted machine gun on the roof to deal with pesky cyclists that are too fast for the turret traverse to catch.
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Honestly, if the pedestrian section is narrow, and the bike section is at grade and low traffic, I am going to walk there.
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Blackhawk posted:Yeah I get that the belt line and pillars are all about making the car safer in a crash which is fine, but I also think they make a crash more likely due to poor visibility and I think that should also be factored into the rating if the positive effect of 'driver aids' get factored. oh i don't disagree i'm just saying what the regulator's take is
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/PingpingTweets/status/1695675067987112008?t=H9xOe_vPDzWkftnaG9XriQ&s=19 no click zone
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https://twitter.com/carltonreid/status/1695455536374817070?s=20 The headline, and that tweet, give you the suggestion that the cyclists helped cause the wreck. But really the guy was going too fast down the hill to begin with and was gonna wreck regardless!
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mystes posted:look at how much less space cars take up on roads when they're neatly stacked still too much space 
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