New Plymouth councillor complains cycle lane separation barriers will ruin his sports car (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 11 months ago by Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Does this headline seem fair to you? He's a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to present the article if you ask me.

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz -2 points 11 months ago

would prevent him pulling his sports car out of the way for emergency services vehicles in a timely fashion.

They fundamentally misrepresented his concerns with that headline. Regardless of how well founded his case is, the headline makes out that his biggest concern is damage to his vehicle, which is patently untrue.