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the human condition?
You will likely see Gates, Stallman, Torvalds, Lessig, Knuth, Norman, Minsky, Alan Kay, Abelson, Rivest, Sussman, [...] die in your lifetime. Sure, Turing, Church, Curry and others have already died, but their numbers are low compared to the ones that have not yet (and some of the older users here might actually have been alive at the time of their passing). If you were in a field such as chemistry/philosophy/biology…
The sad truth is that while bicycles should be respected as vehicles, they are given lip service at best in driver education and there is little attempt made at going after motorists who drive aggressively around them. As a result, you put yourself at great risk of life and limb when you ride on a road like this one: http://www.mapquest.com/?version=1.0&hk=6-LvU0mhA3 (Hillandale Rd, Durham, NC) I accomplish all of my…
When will we stop tolerating the flagrant waste of life that occurs every day as a result of our addiction and worship of the automobile?
When we can find a viable, safer alternative. The automobile has been a staple of growth of modern society since it's invention. There's no other current form of transportation that can be a drop in fit. But in reality, no matter the form of transportation, there will be deaths involved, be it accidental or not. It's a fact of life. Sad, but inevitable.
This is true in areas where car manufacturers bought up all of the light rail and ripped it out. GM was convicted in the 50s and paid a $1 fine for anti-trust behavior. The US gov't has spent hundreds of billions of dollars on roads and highways, so that might be why it looks so viable.
*typo
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Maybe the answer is self driving cars that via sensors are less likely to make these types of errors.
Exactly! Punishing people after accidents, however much at fault they may be, is far less important or useful than preventing them in the first place.
Cameras are a great CYA, but they are not going to prevent crime & accidents from happening.
This is terrible, but I wonder if there's a technical way we can provide a black box for bicyclists so that these sorts of injustices don't go unpunished. RIP :(.
It does not stop the rage-passers.
The sad truth is that while bicycles should be respected as vehicles, they are given lip service at best in driver education and there is little attempt made at going after motorists who drive aggressively around them. As a result, you put yourself at great risk of life and limb when you ride on a road like this one: http://www.mapquest.com/?version=1.0&hk=6-LvU0mhA3 (Hillandale Rd, Durham, NC) I accomplish all of my…
Someone told me I could get cited for riding my bike on a sidewalk. Fuck that shit. I'd rather pay $50 than get hit by a car.
This is terrible, but I wonder if there's a technical way we can provide a black box for bicyclists so that these sorts of injustices don't go unpunished. RIP :(.
Maybe the answer is self driving cars that via sensors are less likely to make these types of errors.
This is terrible, but I wonder if there's a technical way we can provide a black box for bicyclists so that these sorts of injustices don't go unpunished. RIP :(.
A camera mounted on the bike/helmet is the best solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqSp4XZX0CU
The sad truth is that while bicycles should be respected as vehicles, they are given lip service at best in driver education and there is little attempt made at going after motorists who drive aggressively around them. As a result, you put yourself at great risk of life and limb when you ride on a road like this one: http://www.mapquest.com/?version=1.0&hk=6-LvU0mhA3 (Hillandale Rd, Durham, NC) I accomplish all of my…
Which is why more people should ride. The more cyclists there are on the road the safer we all are.
What needs to be fixed is driver education, especially the driver tests.
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I'm fairly certain that the US was large and spread out well before cars were invented.
On a large scale, yes. But urban sprawl is directly caused by the automobile. The design of US cities is just godawful from any perspective (environmental, social, business efficiency, crime rates, ghettoization, etc), compared to those in Europe. I'm fairly certain that Manhattan and San Francisco are so vibrant and livable largely because they're constrained by geographical barriers.