Fuck Cars
- [meta][discussion] Rules for this Community
As we have seen a rise of toxic behavior we have decided that it would be time for some rules. We would love other ideas too and feel free to discuss it here.
Also we are thinking about, to put in an Automoderation tool that could help us a lot. Because its currently not easy for us to scan every new comments and reports are rare currently. We want your opinons on that too, because its important to us that this community is based on the people here.
The shortlist that we have currently as idea for the Rules:
- Be Kind to each other
- No Hate speech
- Dont harass people
- No Racism, sexism and any other discrimination
- Dont attack other people just because they have differnt opinions (Stay on Topic)
- Do not double post
- Rail boss says growth proves not axing train lines was right move - BBC Newswww.bbc.co.uk Rail boss says growth proves not axing train lines was right move
Passenger growth is proving that the 1980s proposal to shut all but two lines in the East was wrong.
- The McMansion effect: Positional externalities in U.S. suburbs
paywalled, but slightly interesting just from the highlights. Proposes restriction on building size in zoning laws.
- Respect pedestrians like Everett True! (October 19, 1914)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21043632
> Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book. Image cleaned up, see the original. > > Found on the Library of Congress site.
- Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run overwww.theguardian.com Paris SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist run over
Motorist accused of deliberately targeting 27-year-old Paul Varry in road rage incident
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/31244231
> >Ian Brossat, a former Paris councillor and now a senator representing the French Communist party, called for SUVs to be banned in Paris. “This is not the first incident of its kind, and the dangerous nature of SUVs has already been pointed out on several occasions. We owe it to this young man to realise the scale of the problem and draw all the consequences,” Brossat told the Nouvel Obs.
- A new case of murder by SUV in Pariswww.barrons.com France Charges SUV Driver With Murder For Running Over Cyclist
A driver who ran over a cyclist following an altercation in central Paris has been charged with murder in a case that shocked the capital.
> A driver who ran over a cyclist following an altercation in central Paris has been charged with murder in a case that shocked the capital.
> The 52-year-old driver of the SUV is accused of having deliberately targeted the cyclist, who was named as Paul Varry, 27.
> According to witnesses, the driver, trying to make progress on the congested road, steered his car onto the adjacent cycling path for about 200 metres (650 feet), where he drove over the cyclist's foot, prosecutors said.
> Varry, the cyclist, banged his fist on the bonnet of the car to alert the driver, who backed up at first. Varry then stood in front of the car expressing his anger at the driver, who started driving towards him.
-_-...
> An autopsy showed that Varry's lethal injuries had been caused by the car.
No joke !
> CCTV footage showed the vehicle rising once when the left front tyre rolled over the body, and then again when the back tyre went over.
> A test for alcohol and drugs came back negative.
> The man's lawyer, Franck Cohen, told AFP that his client "has no explanation for what happened".
lol, good defense.
Hey now look at that 👇
> A judge will now rule whether he should be held in custody ahead of trial.
-_-
You wanna commit murder ?!
Forget about gun, just by a big shitty car.
Society will forgive you faster.
Fuck cars forever
- What would be a solution to the ever increasing delivery industry?
So I often come here, even though I oppose the idea of saying "fuck cars". And yes, I do know it's not completely literal. However, I understand the logic.
With that being said, many people are using cars to be delivery contractors. It's not a necessary utility, but it is useful and is used by the vast majority of (I'll assume) 1st world countries. If vehicle use is reduced, what do you think would be a good strategy to keep this industry going? Yes, bicycles can still be used, but it would take more time, which would raise prices (capitalism). And another obvious solution would be to just do away with it and just go to restaurants. Do you have any opinions beyond those two that solutions I've already presented?
- Montreal landscaping project adding trees to streets in traffic calming effort.
City councillor says the project is a low-cost effort to add some greenery. Others say it takes away already limited parking space in the Plateau.
The general public seems to be missing the point of the curb extensions as a traffic calming initiative with the added benefits of greenery. Instead focusing on the removal of parking spaces, and not on the increased visibility and lower vehicle speeds these types of installation promote.
- (Malaysia)Eighty-five-year-old on e-bike killed in Jempol crashwww.malaymail.com Eighty-five-year-old on e-bike killed in Jempol crash
JEMPOL, Oct 17 — An 85-year-old man riding an electric bicycle died in a collision with a car at Kilometre 5 of Jalan Bahau-Kemayan, here yesterday. Jempol District police...
cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/7340948
> >Hoo said the case is being investigated under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987 for causing death by reckless or dangerous driving.
Note: most road around school has a mandatory 30kmph speed limit
- Parking minimums are systematic oppression by car lobbyists against all others forms of transport. Yeah I said it.
"It's not like the government is forcing you to buy a car!"
If you live in a city with parking minimums, yes they fucking are.
- [video] Les dilemmes éthiques de la voiture autonome | ARTE
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> Disponible jusqu'au 31/12/2024
> Des voitures autonomes arrivent sur les routes d'Amérique du Nord et d'Europe. Une révolution qui génère de nombreuses questions éthiques. À qui appartiennent les données collectées ? Que choisira l'IA en cas de collision inévitable ? Qui est responsable ? Les scientifiques estiment urgent d'organiser un débat citoyen et ont mis en place pour cela une plateforme, la « Moral Machine ».
- Mazda's New "Pay-Per-Honk" Plan Leaves Drivers Speechless
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20824402
> Automaker's latest subscription model takes nickel-and-diming to new heights
- Anyone ever think of making a double decker subway?
Can't think of a better community to ask.
- Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fearswww.theguardian.com Monster pickup trucks accelerate into Europe as sales rise despite safety fears
A Dodge Ram 1500 is bigger than a Panzer I tank and campaigners say heavy trucks are ‘lethal’ in collisions
- Hobart's Collins Street bike lane trial to proceed despite Tasmanian government pulling out of funding deal - ABC Newswww.abc.net.au City bike lanes to go ahead, despite government pulling project funding
A plan to trial the removal of about 50 car park spaces in Hobart's CBD to make way for bike lanes has received an "overwhelmingly negative" response from the public, the Tasmanian government says — announcing it has pulled $170,000 from the project.
>Transport Minister Eric Abetz says there had been an "overwhelmingly negative" reaction from businesses on the street and shoppers who use existing parking spaces which would have been affected by the trial.
Good on the local goverment for going ahead anyway, and this bit
>Every time they do an improvement or make it safer there is more and more people riding," she said.
- Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthierphys.org Study shows EV owners have bigger carbon footprint than average because they are wealthier
A pair of psychologists and an economist at the University of Turku, in Finland, have found that because the average electric vehicle (EV) owner is wealthier than the average person, they still have a bigger than average carbon footprint.
> Maybe EVs are not a comprehensive climate solution??
- It's always worth asking for a bike rack!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30563342
> This store just opened up a few months back, and they had zero bike parking. > > I emailed their head office, saying that I was planning to shop there, but not until they added a bike rack. > > Went to check last night, and boom! Bike rack!
- America is too big for planes
>America is too big for planes, too. If your transportation solution is flying, now everyone has to get around via endless highways or big, complicated regional airports, and you can only have so many of those. There's a reason why rural areas in North America have completely different politics from urban areas, and why so much of it is driven by a sense of isolation and abandonment. Trains promise to help here because they are able to stop in small places that will never, ever have practical airports. > > A good rail network provides a reliable, consistent, repeatable, and straightforward three hour connection from Nowheresberg to the nearest city. Slow, but good enough to feel like they exist in the same planet. Unfortunately, that promise is subtle, and it plays out over decades, so the reward system we've created for ourselves is incapable of supporting it. And thus, we have Amtrak and confederate flags
https://cosocial.ca/@dylanmccall/113233671160717813
- 3000 people on bikes riding in Milan, Italy, usually a car-infested city. This is how it could be.
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Yesterday in Milan there was the MilleMilaBici (could be translated with "thousand and thousand bikes") event. It was a beautiful show.
For once the streets were for people, silent, no pollution, no fight for space.
crossposted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113264498677362428
- GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”www.torquenews.com GEICO is Terminating Insurance Coverage of Tesla Cybertrucks, Says “This Type of Vehicle Doesn't Meet Our Underwriting Guidelines”
GEICO, the second-largest vehicle insurance underwriter in the US, has decided it will no longer cover Tesla Cybertrucks. The company is terminating current Cybertruck policies and says the truck “doesn’t meet our underwriting guidelines.”
- Bristol parking wars: Greens gear up for fight with drivers over pavement ban on carswww.theguardian.com Bristol parking wars: Greens gear up for fight with drivers over pavement ban on cars
The party has plans to prevent cars from hogging the city’s walkways, but expect a backlash from motorists
>Ismail Mohammad pushes a buggy down the centre of a narrow road in east Bristol. His two sons stay close as vehicles could come from either direction at any moment. “There are cars [parked] on the pavement. We have to go on the road,” says Mohammad as he hurries to the boys’ primary school in Easton. “It’s dangerous because cars sometimes come fast through here.”
What in tarnation ? What a sorry state of affairs. Good luck to the council !
>Bryher has little sympathy for drivers who claim they must park on pavements on narrow roads. “You need to park somewhere else instead … there are enough [spaces] for everyone to park in the city,” he says. “It’s just that you might have to park further away and you might have to consider whether you need a car.
Indeed
- Everyday commuting
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Just saw this video by a stand up comedian about the experience of driving in LA.
- If a pick-up hits you, you weren't moving fast enough
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20474047
> Found a Minimum Speed Limit sign in the middle of my town.
- Australian families switching to cycling as car-running costs rise - ABC Newswww.abc.net.au Families switch cars for cargo bikes for daily commute as cost of living continues to bite
Since getting a bike over a year ago, Alice Humble and her family have saved $800 in petrol. They're one of many households choosing cycling as car running costs increase.
So, what's the take away here ? make it so expensive to live people choose cycling and we get better cities ?
- ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediatelywww.yorkregion.com ‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately
Observatory Lane, Sunshine Drive and Queen’s College Drive in Richmond Hill’s Ward 6 slated for traffic calming, but Springbrook Drive residents want bike lane removed
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30050658
> > “They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards. > > Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes? > > I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.
- California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new carsapnews.com California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
California’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have required all new cars to beep at drivers when they speed.
- Merkley introduces "Car Privacy Rights Act" in bid to protect drivers' dataktvz.com Merkley introduces 'Car Privacy Rights Act' in bid to protect drivers' data - KTVZ
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced Thursday the introduction of new legislation to protect consumers’ privacy from companies who collect and sell Americans’ car data. Currently, he said, there is a troubling trend of collecting, storing, and selling data from Americans’ vehic...
- After we “dig a big ass tunnel,” here are 5 simple ways we can reduce congestion without asking people to drive lessthebeaverton.com After we "dig a big ass tunnel," here are 5 simple ways we can reduce congestion without asking people to drive less
Toronto traffic is some of the worst in the world. And instead of focusing on getting people to use their cars less by investing in transit, bike lanes and pedestrianization, we need solutions that allow our behaviour to carry on exactly as before, but without any of the problems intrinsic to that b...
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/43443391
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