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Man complains about the government forcing him to buy a new car so he and his wife can continue to do their 1km school run. (lemmy.world)

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And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.

(To be fair, he's not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat -- but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, you can also see mopeds and such in the photo. 2 stroke mopeds of course are even worse for emissions than cars. Modern 4 stroke ones not so much, but if you're limited to 50cc, they're ridiculously underpowered, not particularly long lasting, etc. Not sure what the regulations on this area in India.

And sure, you can definitely walk. You can walk on the side of a highway too, nobody's stopping you. Why are people complaining about car centric city design in the US? You CAN walk. It's not safe to in many places, but you CAN.

For real though, some people don't want to walk on what is essentially a highway. It's unsafe. There should be better options for pedestrians.

[–] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

So of we annoy the wealthy class, they will use their considerable influence and have walkways built thus benefitting everyone?

Sounds good to me