car culture is murderous tw:death (nitter.poast.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by shath@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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people just like having cars so they can uhhh kill anyone they want

the indoctrination of acceptance of the sheer amount of people who die from car related shit is insane and never fails to make me mad as fuck man

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[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 21 points 2 weeks ago

i hate owning a car. I gotta get the oil changed every 10,000 miles and it would take me 4 hours to get to work and then 4 hours to get home from work if I didnt have a car and then I gotta spend the money I made at work to buy gas and make sure my car dosent explode on my way to work ever 3 years. i dont want to run anyone over, i dont want to get road rage and resort to honking a bike horn out my window at hoopleheads.

[-] ItsPequod@hexbear.net 15 points 2 weeks ago

I've been reflecting on how much carbrained infrastructure is in effect just downloading the costs of transport and infrastructure to individual people. Instead of governments paying to maintain public transport, they've colluded with car companies and such to convince people to have to pay their own way around.