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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:most people don't need to get on an interstate freeway to commute to work if 3/4ths of all car trips are ten miles or less I don't think your time at the lollipop guild is comparable for the rest of america
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I don't think I've ever had to get on an interstate to commute to work in my entire life, come to think of it Lucky you.
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Oct 23, 2023 19:18
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"Scooters are unusable in America because they can't be used on an interstate freeway" is a meaningless statement if 3/4ths of all car trips don't involve an interstate freeway
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Oct 23, 2023 19:21
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"Interstate freeway" is probably overly specific, but unfortunately, in a lot of places it's basically impossible to get around without getting on some sort of highway or other road with a 50+ mph speed limit
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Oct 23, 2023 19:29
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Every road can have a speed limit that's too high now that drivers decided that all signs and laws are optional.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Every road can have a speed limit that's too high now that drivers decided that all signs and laws are optional. I love all the people that speed and run stop signs inside the state parks. It's gotten so bad that the nearby one set up some of those "your speed" radar signs and installed the stop signs with the red blinking lights. Out of my way, I'm here to relax and recreate and I'm in a big angry hurry to do it!
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mystes posted:They could take that guy's license away, but if that's that his method of commuting to work, that could cost them their job and their home. if they have kids that could cost their kids their home. quote:He was driving on a suspended license and didn’t have insurance, police report.
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mystes posted:"Interstate freeway" is probably overly specific, but unfortunately, in a lot of places it's basically impossible to get around without getting on some sort of highway or other road with a 50+ mph speed limit The scooter doesn't need to be able to go the speed limit though?
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sorry it's punching down to suggest driving anything but the biggest, heaviest, fastest vehicle you can afford
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gradenko_2000 posted:The scooter doesn't need to be able to go the speed limit though? No no, it needs to go 20 over to keep up with traffic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2v1bF_r2c children take public transit, grown-rear end adults with jobs are supposed to buy a car asap
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5 over seems to be the norm in the Philly area at least.
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gradenko_2000 posted:The scooter doesn't need to be able to go the speed limit though? Obviously people shouldn't run people over for driving below the speed limit, and I don't think speeding (or creating a situation where everyone speeds) is good, but there is some justification to the idea that speed differentials are dangerous, so rather than trying to say that people should be able to go really slow on interstates, I think the better solution is to require roads to be built in such a way that you never have to go on a high speed highway to travel between two points and ensure that roads that aren't highways have lower speed limits (i.e. get rid of stroads in the broad sense) The problem is that stuff is now laid out in a lot of places so that in newly constructed towns, a highway is literally the only route through the town. mystes has issued a correction as of 20:15 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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mystes posted:In the US if you're going substantially slower than the speed limit on a highway you're gong to get run over. In some places it's probably illegal, too. You have to be going pretty drat slow for it to be illegal. The minimum speed limit on most freeways is 40mph.
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Twerk from Home posted:You have to be going pretty drat slow for it to be illegal. The minimum speed limit on most freeways is 40mph. Yeah but remember that drivers will pull out a gun a shoot you if you go the speed limit, let alone slower.
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Oct 23, 2023 20:32
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it is illegal to drive an electric scooter on any highway with a posted limit higher than 30 mph in NY state
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scooters and ebikes rule cars drool
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:it is illegal to drive an electric scooter on any highway with a posted limit higher than 30 mph in NY state this is the chance for my skates to shine
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:it is illegal to drive an electric scooter on any highway with a posted limit higher than 30 mph in NY state You're talking about something like a razor kick scooter, it's completely legal to ride an electric scooter on freeways: https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models/urban_mobility/ce04.html
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if 125 cc isn't good enough for you, maybe a bicycle is more your speed.
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Twerk from Home posted:You're talking about something like a razor kick scooter, it's completely legal to ride an electric scooter on freeways: https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/models/urban_mobility/ce04.html there are plenty of electric scooters, mopeds, whatever you want to call them that do not go above 30 mph and are also not "razor kick scooters".
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getting baited into the dumbest loving arguments by a dude who's literally named after a dirtbike
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just ride a bike, fatty
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mystes posted:In the US if you're going substantially slower than the speed limit on a highway you're gong to get run over. In some places it's probably illegal, too. ya two wheel vehicles need to be able to accelerate when turning or they can't keep enuf weight on the rear wheel well everything does but two wheeled stuff will fall over if it can't being a close to a vehicles actual speed limit impairs handling ability in a way that's particularly not good with trucks going by you at 10-+20mph with poo poo possibly falling off of them or laying in the road top speed and acceleration r for more than just going forward being able to dictate positioning around larger traffic is useful
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skill issue
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Rail fans versus guy riding his bicycle home from work: who is more cringe? Neither are as cringe as the title.
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500excf type r posted:Department of labor says its 30 minutes by car, 50 minutes by public transportation, 75-90% of people commute by personal vehicle. Minutes arent equivalent to miles. For example in seattle its like a loving hour during commuting time to go 8 miles by car but only like 40 minutes by bike. I assume less if you were taking a scooter or ebike. One of the things all my biking coworkers say they really like about it is how consistent it is. There's no worry about an accident or a traffic jam totally loving up your time. It's pretty much always going to be the same commute time every time barring some car brain dooring you. silicone thrills has issued a correction as of 22:11 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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silicone thrills posted:One of the things all my biking coworkers say they really like about it is how consistent it is. There's no worry about an accident or a traffic jam totally loving up your time. It's pretty much always going to be the same commute time every time barring some car brain dooring you. That lane splitting video a page back has a very entertaining twist at the end.
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Albinator posted:Mostly true. lovely weather will slow you down maybe, but that's about it.
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Cars are going to be cheap and affordable any minute, you guys https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/10/21/americans-are-overdue-with-their-car-payments-at-highest-rate-in-nearly-30-years/
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The pictures of the aftermath of some fog in New Orleans remind me of that one picture from the snowstorm in Atlanta a few years ago 
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evil_bunnY posted:most importantly, lovely weather slows you by a predictable amount. Fitzy Fitz posted:The pictures of the aftermath of some fog in New Orleans remind me of that one picture from the snowstorm in Atlanta a few years ago
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Fifteen year old kid got run over on Wednesday while riding his skateboard on a narrow residential street a few blocks from me. He’s in a medically induced coma because his head is all hosed up. Driver “stayed on the scene”, which is code for “no charges” whoops, that kid died from his injuries. No charges! Just an accident! https://www.post-gazette.com/local/west/2023/10/24/charles-thornbug-skateboard-fatal-crash/stories/202310240068
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Fitzy Fitz posted:The pictures of the aftermath of some fog in New Orleans remind me of that one picture from the snowstorm in Atlanta a few years ago
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AMLO fighting for passenger rail https://twitter.com/BloombergAsia/status/1716887605378179319 quote:“What we’re looking to do is apply a clause that is in the concessions. According to this clause, the Mexican state, which represents public interests, can use the train routes for passenger trains in the whole country,” AMLO said. “It’s important for us to put it into practice, but we have to talk to those who have the concessions first.”
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more good news https://twitter.com/DavidZipper/status/1716869781608104432
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silicone thrills posted:Minutes arent equivalent to miles. i used to take the 44 from ballard to UW and the evening commute home was atrocious, at least an hour. switched to bike and cut it in half. bikes ftw
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webcams for christ posted:more good news Guess I'll have to drink and drive now
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webcams for christ posted:more good news wow i can't believe CA did something good
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If only there was some sort of a metal highway (to reduce rolling resistance) you could run cars on that requires few, if any, drivers compared to the number of people riding along.
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