bratorange@feddit.org to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoEveryone get out of the way, it’s me!!!feddit.orgimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1254
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minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·6 months agoMaybe they do it to slow down traffic. It’s clearly a residential area. It could be that speeding is a problem.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoIt’s been tried and tested. Human bodies barely slow a car down. It’s much better to place something solid, like a concrete block
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoI was assuming a rational driver who would slow down to avoid hitting people.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoAnd the accidental driver? A life is lost.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoUsing a human body as traffic calming is psycho mode zoning use change
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI’m wondering if this is sheer desperation on the part of the locals. Maybe speeding is a problem, but the town refuses to install speed humps, so people do this to make the neighborhood safer for children. I don’t know.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI recommend tires and rebar impregnated concrete rubble. Not human lives.
Maybe they do it to slow down traffic. It’s clearly a residential area. It could be that speeding is a problem.
It’s been tried and tested. Human bodies barely slow a car down. It’s much better to place something solid, like a concrete block
I was assuming a rational driver who would slow down to avoid hitting people.
And the accidental driver? A life is lost.
Using a human body as traffic calming is psycho mode zoning use change
I’m wondering if this is sheer desperation on the part of the locals. Maybe speeding is a problem, but the town refuses to install speed humps, so people do this to make the neighborhood safer for children. I don’t know.
I recommend tires and rebar impregnated concrete rubble. Not human lives.