What I find interesting about this comment is that despite living in a fairly dense area, I don’t hear these complaints from pedestrians. Not that there aren’t deaths, to be clear, it’s just that with pedestrians I hear “slower speeds”, “traffic calming”, “better visibility”.
From bicyclists I hear “fuck, you want me to put a light on my bike? why don’t you put a light on your car motherfucker?” (Actual lemmy thread from 1-2 months ago, paraphrased to represent the actual vitriol involved).
Mutually Assured Destruction works for preventing the use of nukes, surely it can work for cars being more careful of pedestrians and bicyclists.
What I find interesting about this comment is that despite living in a fairly dense area, I don’t hear these complaints from pedestrians. Not that there aren’t deaths, to be clear, it’s just that with pedestrians I hear “slower speeds”, “traffic calming”, “better visibility”.
From bicyclists I hear “fuck, you want me to put a light on my bike? why don’t you put a light on your car motherfucker?” (Actual lemmy thread from 1-2 months ago, paraphrased to represent the actual vitriol involved).
I’m sure there are some super elitist joggers that have those same thoughts somewhere. 🤷🏻♂️