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Fuck Cars @lemmy.world MrMakabar @slrpnk.net 2mo ago

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jd 🔆 (@jd@mstdn.ca)

We asked everyone outside a car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous

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In several US states, the Amish are required to have lights on their buggies because asking drivers to maintain a speed where they can avoid collision with an object the size of a shed is just too burdensome.
- So do bikes. It's just common sense safety for all when on the roads at dusk or night.
  
  Here in California, bike lights are optional. A good thing since motorists are more dangerous to us when they are aware of us.
- Yeah you're right, having a large black object with no reflectors or lights going down a highway at 10 miles per hour sounds like a great idea. I hate cars too but let's not act like the poor Amish are being horribly treated. They have no seat belts, no air bags, no protection at all. The smallest accidents lead to horrible, debilitating injuries at best. Frankly I think it's insane we let those metal and wood death boxes on the same roads as us. Their wheels also corrode the roads incredibly quickly.
- Maybe cosplaying as settlers from 200 years ago in a giant black box 3 feet from the main lanes at night is dangerous?
  
  Only because Ford, Chrysler and General Motors bought legisation to prioritize motor vehicle traffic over all other things.
  
  The Amish are required to have lights during the daytime also.
  
  Idk, any car that hit a stationary/slow-moving object have serious skill issue. It's like hitting a broken down car and then blame the car you hit for...breaking down.
Speed limiters in cars when?
- Yes, and also why the fuck not already?

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