klay1

@klay1@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some people put those fears into your head to create a divide between us. They want you to see close calls with cyclists and be mad about it. So that you don’t see this: Image

  If you hate my cause because i called out that your feelings are fueled by propaganda, the die was loaded from the start. Propaganda uses hate. I bet you are not telling me the city you are describing because it is a car infested hell with one ineffective bike lane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  there will always be bad and good examples in all the groups. You can’t blame an entire group. I know a couple of MAMILs and they are all very careful, friendly riders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wearing helmets saves lives.

  encouraging people to ride bikes with or without a helmet saves more lives. Cars are the real danger, even with a helmet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am sorry about that. My place isn’t perfect either and we get a couple of deaths every year. But i am happy not to live in the USA for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  classic public service inefficiency. If they made the lanes a little wider cars could drive here too. But of course they forgot that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  this is exactly anti-bicylce-propaganda. There are by far more deadly accidents involving cars and trucks than involving bikes and pedestrians. You are afraid of the wrong thing. Also you are describing the results of car focused infrastructure, that hasn’t been effectively planned for cyclists nor pedestrians. The dutch people are not much different than you or me, they just made the infrastructure right and assimilated it over the years. The close calls you are describing look harmless in the video, when you realize that even if there were an accident, not much would happen. But we still get many car-related deaths. Do you see what i mean?

  Which city are you in and what does the car infrastructure look like in the street you are describing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  yes, people counted and compared. This plus trams has waaay more throughput than a usual car intersection. Check out not just bikes video on that topic with various combinations and graphs, and get mad at car infrastructure with us!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rush hour traffic in Utrecht, Netherlands⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i hear people talk and laugh. That is what i want a busy street to be like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Insulin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It would only be a financial drain if you were sending that money back home. Only if you limit your view to your nation. ‘Back home’ across the border it would most likely also buy food etc. And that would be fine.

  The real drain is the infinite black hole of the rich guys pockets. That is where all the money is. Don’t blame people who send money to their loved ones to help, just because there is a border.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Doorbell rings. Pavlov: “damn i forgot to feed the dog”