A lawyer in Canberra killed a cyclist by driving too fast on an exit ramp and missing the road on three inside of the curve where the cycle lane is and where a cyclist was.
He was speeding, was likely drunk as he neither sought help for the cyclist nor turned himself in for several hours after the collision. All in all he was about the worst case of recklessly injuring someone and carelessly leaving them to die
If we’re talking about Canberra, wait 'til you hear about Mike Hall. His killer didn’t face any punishment despite driving an unroadworthy vehicle and obviously not paying attention, to be able to not notice a cyclist in reflective clothing on a straight wide road. He was also probably speeding, but police used an outdated method of estimating speed which declared he wasn’t speeding.
I vote we don’t do that because it’s taking up valuable space that creates urban sprawl. We already have dedicated truck parking (as in, actual trucks, not oversized utes & SUVs) in places where they’re needed for deliveries.
Utes have fit in regular parking spots for decades. We should just say - no, these oversize utes/SUVs just can’t be bought.
Have you ever wondered why you even need a car to pop to the shops?
Because we’ve designed our cities around cars. (Unless you live in the CBD or other dense pockets in this country where you can literally just go downstairs. Weekly shop? What’s that?).
Let’s not have them park anywhere (in my opinion).
Make them buy a real vehicle, not one for emotional support.
I do agree with you, but as long as these loopholes exist, there must be an alternative.
That said, it is amusing driving through certain housing estates where there is one normal-sized car in the driveway; which is being blocked in by the Dodge Ram that is too big to fit in the driveway.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Based !fuckcars@lemmy.world enjoyer?
May I also interest you in: …org.au/…/revised-standard-recommends-larger-park…
Luckily, they got massive backlash, and haven’t yet actually updated the standard after almost 2 years since.
I’m gonna be really angry if they do increase parking bay sizes.
Gotta love urban sprawl
psud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
A lawyer in Canberra killed a cyclist by driving too fast on an exit ramp and missing the road on three inside of the curve where the cycle lane is and where a cyclist was.
He was speeding, was likely drunk as he neither sought help for the cyclist nor turned himself in for several hours after the collision. All in all he was about the worst case of recklessly injuring someone and carelessly leaving them to die
He was fined a twenty thousandth of his salary
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 week ago
If we’re talking about Canberra, wait 'til you hear about Mike Hall. His killer didn’t face any punishment despite driving an unroadworthy vehicle and obviously not paying attention, to be able to not notice a cyclist in reflective clothing on a straight wide road. He was also probably speeding, but police used an outdated method of estimating speed which declared he wasn’t speeding.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 week ago
☹️ this does not spark joy
As much as we’re not the US, it saddens me how much we permit cars to rule over our cities
Salvo@aussie.zone 6 days ago
They should have dedicated truck parking. Have all these fuckers with body image issues all park together away from the normal people.
Let them have their 3495kg vehicles, but have them park with all the other legitimate trucks and make them walk the extra distance to the shops.
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I vote we don’t do that because it’s taking up valuable space that creates urban sprawl. We already have dedicated truck parking (as in, actual trucks, not oversized utes & SUVs) in places where they’re needed for deliveries.
Utes have fit in regular parking spots for decades. We should just say - no, these oversize utes/SUVs just can’t be bought.
Have you ever wondered why you even need a car to pop to the shops?
Because we’ve designed our cities around cars. (Unless you live in the CBD or other dense pockets in this country where you can literally just go downstairs. Weekly shop? What’s that?).
Let’s not have them park anywhere (in my opinion).
Make them buy a real vehicle, not one for emotional support.
Salvo@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I do agree with you, but as long as these loopholes exist, there must be an alternative.
That said, it is amusing driving through certain housing estates where there is one normal-sized car in the driveway; which is being blocked in by the Dodge Ram that is too big to fit in the driveway.