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biddy ,

Why are you gatekeeping? Some people only want transportation, not a workout. Ebikes are infinitely better than cars in every way.

biddy ,

Do I really need to repeat every reason why cars suck?. Just check everything else in this community.

Relevant for this conversion is that driving a car is far less exercise than even an ebike, and that generally people riding any kind of bikes creates a positive feedback loop where others feel more comfortable, cities build infrastructure, ect.

biddy ,

Let's say that for the same journey, an ebike is a half as much exercise as a pedal bike(or whatever you want, the actual number isn't important). A car journey is 0 exercise, it's infinitely worse. Going from a car journey to an ebike journey is infinite times more exercise, going from an ebike journey to a pedal bike is twice as much exercise.

By gatekeeping you're stopping people from making smaller improvements because they aren't going all the way

biddy ,

Mobility scooters, public transport, ect. Because of the overfocus on cars, acessibility is badly neglected and this needs to change.

What about the people that are unable drive a car because of physical or mental disabilities or age? Or the people that are allowed to drive but shouldn't? There are vastly more of them than people who couldn't ride a bike but can drive a car.

And yeah, unfortunately getting rid of cars completely is not going to happen, but cars will work so much better when the only people driving are those with no other alternative.

Fuck cars is about using our resources better to improve mobility for all.

biddy ,

Our housing supply is so shit that people have to sleep in cars.

And where I live, people were having too much fun living in vans, so they even made that difficult.

biddy ,

delirious_owl is being pretty inflammatory but they make a good point.

All too often a supposed "bike lane" is just built to a worse standard than parallel car lanes. It will have a worse road surface, sharp bends, confusing and long routing, less priority at intersections and traffic lights. Car lanes are the default and bike lanes are squeezed in as an afterthought.

This needs to change, bike lanes should be built to the same or higher standard as roads(although typically bike lanes can be much narrower). Multi lane bike motorways need to be buldozed through neighborhoods. An easy way to do this is just take part or all of an existing road and make it bike only.

biddy ,

Why would you hand your browsing data to the VPN company? It's just moving the problem.

biddy ,

Unlike Google Maps, OSM is just as useful if you don't drive. I love it for walking and cycling, it's got all the little paths, categorized correctly.

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    biddy ,

    The government is the cause of and solution to most problems in society. Better governments are possible, but it's a hard fought struggle.

    biddy ,

    What are you talking about? If we limit this discussion to somewhat democracies, the government is a net benefit. Without it there would be anarchy.

    ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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    What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

    A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

    Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

    How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

    @fuck_cars

    biddy ,

    I walk to the petrol station to fill up my lawnmower can. Other people might to buy overpriced snack food

    biddy ,

    Oh I fully agree. It's a job, I don't have a lawn.

    biddy ,

    That's fine for a bland, flat, empty US suburban section. For complex weedeating jobs it's not very practical.

    biddy ,

    Cars.

    biddy ,

    Of course they're not using AI to solve quadratics, it's part of the calculator analogy. It's a whole lot quicker to solve a quadratic formula in a calculator than by hand.

    biddy ,

    Yep. Toyota Corollas since 2002 have braked towing capacity of 1300kg. What do you fit in a normal trailer that's heavier than that anyway? Unless you're an incompetent landscaper that's constantly hauling gravel and dirt to and from job sites I can't think of why 1300kg wouldn't be sufficient.

    biddy ,

    I liked Quora as recently as a few years ago, it had some nice explanations that you couldn't get anywhere else. Obviously you have to take everything with a grain of salt, but you have to do that anywhere on the internet.

    biddy ,

    Probably some people, back when smartphones were novel in 2007.

    At this point though, it's tacky and implies that you don't care enough about the conversation to turn it off.

    biddy ,

    It gets better. Their Instagram is canadapetcareusa

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