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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

There is an obvious answer here that both the author and the people in this thread are ignoring.

Driving as a transportation method is a high risk/cost high flexibility/comfort solution.

Pretty much everyone who has accepted driving as their transportation method understands that it’s not the safest ways, so a lot of drivers are always willing to take a little bit more risk to save money or something like that.

A better question is, why are we so okay with accepting such high risks for transportation. The human mind is terrible at risk assessment so I think it’s just culture that car accidents are a part of life.

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billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Americans are real good at ignoring issues that don’t affect them personally.

Oh I won’t wreck my car, I’m a “good driver”!

I can’t catch Covid because it’s not real!

School shootings are just false flags the government uses to pass gun control laws!

Donald Trump only wants to remove the dangerous immigrants, not the ones I hire for my business!

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atmorous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
We need more people part of the FuckCars, Walk, Bike, & Public Transit online cultures

Need more outreach to get things happening even more. Also my comment on this post would solve a lot of things by not having to redo outreaching to people

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- AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Even better, the equivalent irl cultures. Most cities have groups advocating for better bike and pedestrian infrastructure and better public transit.
  
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  - atmorous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Both is good for sure. They both affect each other
    
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