• @GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world
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      61 day ago

      People don’t even need car tbh. Motorbikes everywhere please. Zip zip, less traffic, everyone pays attention to road or falls and dies.

      • @tamman2000@lemmy.world
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        517 hours ago

        I live in Maine. Riding a motorcycle in the winter is not only highly unpleasant, it’s borderline suicidal.

        I’m all for 2 wheeled transport where it works, but anywhere that gets snow for months out of each year it’s a non starter as a primary transportation mode

      • @propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe
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        181 day ago

        Yeah, no.

        Those things are death traps and there’s a reason why they’re mostly prevalent in nations where people literally can’t afford anything safer.

      • @Bluewing@discuss.online
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        122 hours ago

        You would think killing off the stupid would improve the breed. But apparently the real world shows it does not. Besides, I ain’t riding a motorbike at -40 Celsius or Fahrenheit or in 30cm/12" of fresh snow or in a thunderstorm.

          • @credo@lemmy.world
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            -51 day ago

            Motorcycle rider here. Yes, families with children will rent a truck anytime they want to purchase groceries, and when it’s raining. It’s not practical.

            This is a stupid thread.

            • @newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml
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              322 hours ago

              Are you by chance from the US? Because other countries have sensible zoning laws and public transit, making cars for families not a necessity but a luxury. Where I live, nobody needs a car. Shopping is done by cargo bike or hand cart, family trips are taken by train or metro.

              If you live in a stupid country tho people might depend on cars.

            • @fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              1 day ago

              The maybe use public transport? If you REALLY need to use buy car - buy one.

              Also: families were not mentioned before in this thread. Is driving around with your partner and 5 kids and a couch a daily occasion?

              • @credo@lemmy.world
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                121 hours ago

                Lol, come here and use our public transport options before you speak. This entire thread is led by those laying wide-reaching proclamations while being unable to consider any situation other than their own.

              • @credo@lemmy.world
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                010 hours ago

                Let me go ahead and quote the broad spectrum claim that came before mine:

                People don’t even need car tbh. Motorbikes everywhere please. Zip zip, less traffic, everyone pays attention to road or falls and dies.