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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It doesn't seem to occur to people that adding a comprehensive bike lane, gets fewer people "in their car's way", since more people feel safe to switch to cycling and walking.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Drivers arent known for critical thinking skills. Too much time spend breathing exhaust inside their cages.

Carbrain should be added to the DSM.

[–] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca -2 points 4 months ago

What a ridiculous comment. A 5 yr old can ride a bike, how many can operate a car?

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I feel more unsafe in bike lanes. Especially when they're door lanes

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

yep, often the case

we need bike paths, separated

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 4 months ago

Idk, I think we just need to bar cars from roads.

Separate bike paths tend to be shittier, less direct, and less level

[–] rozodru@pie.andmc.ca 2 points 4 months ago

ever been to brampton? wouldn't matter for them, they'll mount the curb to run you down.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But how is it fair for my tax dollars to support lanes i don't use? /s

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Followed by: “I don’t want to pay any taxes levied directly upon me as a driver and I believe that everyone, including the cyclists and public transit users, should pay for the road despite the fact that I do nearly infinitely more damage to it and require far more expensive infrastructure.”

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

and "I want to speed in school zones and residential neighbourhoods, and everybody else should pay to make up the lost speeding ticket revenue of me doing dangerous things"

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

“I’m a good driver so it’s ok when I do it but also everyone else is dangerous and stupid but also cars are perfect.”

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would much prefer my tax dollars be spent on TAKING DOWN ALREADY CONSTRUCTED BIKE LANES

/s for the love of god

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The conservatives are a fiscally responsible choice!

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No one is stopping Ford from politicizing bike lanes and speed cameras.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Speed cameras are a colossal waste of money, so I'm fine with him doing away with them.

Dropping bike lanes is fucking stupid all around though

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Speed cameras just photograph the license plate and you get mailed a fine for speeding. What’s wrong with that? BC has had them since the 90s.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

To my knowledge, the money doesn't go back into the municipality. On top of that, it vehicles tend to end up doing like 10km UNDER the limit. They also serve no purpose at 3am when there's nobody out, but those cameras are still rolling.

We really need to stop putting so much focus on people speeding and start aggressively ticketing people that drive in the wrong lane, impede traffic, don't use a blinker, rush left turns on red lights, and drive while distracted. These people are the real nightmares I'm forced to share a road with. The people that I tend to see speeding are generally predictable. The ones weaving through traffic wouldn't exist if people didn't camp in the inside lane.

This is all not to mention the number of speed limits that have gone DOWN over the last 5 years when people were already struggling to do the original limit, now they're going even slower.

We should be dealing with real problems, not worrying about people doing 60 in a 50, or 100 in a 50 at 3am when there's literally nobody out. Likewise, pedestrians should be doing better to be aware of their surroundings, not cutting out in traffic, and not crossing roads with headphones on and/or focused more on their phone than their surroundings.

[–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Bike lanes are cool an all but at least have the road large enough to accommodate them, and having an island or jersey barriers between cars and bikes really should been mandatory.

[–] loldog191@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago

I can break your mind by saying: "Sometimes cars don't belong on roads."