• drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    27 days ago

    Are you really trying to sound like the sidewalk and the street are equal? The car has enough space for 4 of it to be side by side. The pedestrian has enough space for 2 of them to be side by side, touching. You sound entitled to me.

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      27 days ago

      So maybe we need bigger sidewalks. Fair enough, that’s a reasonable discussion. Taking over the entire road is not.

      • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        27 days ago

        Man the fucking moment a pedestrian steps onto the street they live on it’s “taking over the entire road” but roadside parking on both sides is normal. Fuck off.

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          27 days ago

          From a safety perspective, pedestrians in a road is already a huge issue.

          Like, the area should be changed. I totally agree with the idea of vastly increasing DESIGNATED pedestrian space.

          But for this driver on this day, they are using the infrastructure as designated. The street pedestrians are not, and are putting themselves at risk in the current system. A driver not wanting a high risk pass with a pedestrian, while a sidewalk exists in the current system is not entitled.

          It’s the same as if someone was uphill hiking on a designated downhill mountain bike ONLY trail. It isn’t wrong for the cyclist in that equation to be mad if they come across a hiker on a non shared trail.

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            26 days ago

            I’m excited for the day I’m coming home from work at night, coming over a hill I can’t see over, and then BOOM a human is in the middle of the road and I run someone over, because they “deserve to use the road as a pedestrian”

            Cool. I’ll tell that to my therapist for the rest of my life while I try and cope with the fact that I’ve ended a life.

            It’s one thing for someone to walk down the street and put themselves at risk.

            It’s an entirely different deal to force an unsuspecting person into a dangerous situation. That’s fucking selfish.

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              26 days ago

              Totally agree.

              Let’s make more spaces for pedestrians, but let’s not joust with cars.

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                25 days ago

                Yes. Driving the speed limit and cresting a hill is dangerous.

                Walking on a road where a hill hides you from drivers isn’t. How could I mistake those.