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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by toaster@slrpnk.net to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca
 
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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You're right in that there should be safe space for pedestrians and cyclists to travel, but it's exactly the same reason as the crane case: to keep them safe from dangerous cars and other heavy vehicles.

Repeating again, I do agree with your point but the reasoning you used was just wrong. You don't walk blind in front of a moving car because it's fucking dumb thing to do. There's an imperfect human driving a 2 ton imperfect vehicle traveling at high speed. You WILL always lose if anything goes wrong, were you right or wrong.

[–] toaster@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Who is saying it's OK to walk blind in front of a car? Nobody is claiming you shouldn't be wary around vehicles because we all know how dangerous they can be. The point is that telling pedestrians to be careful is often a substitute for a complete lack of action on safe infrastructure.