▲ 409 ▼ San Jose is adding concrete barriers to bike lanes (cdn.imgchest.com) submitted 2 months ago by Wudi@feddit.uk to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world 68 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 153 points 2 months ago (6 children) Young lady, indignant: "I've already hit the curb three separate times" "I don't think they were needed" Girl, YOU'RE THE REASON THEY'RE THERE!!!! permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] luisgutz@feddit.uk 51 points 2 months ago (1 child) Exactly! If she can't be trusted to protect her (oversized) car, then she can't be trusted with a cyclist or a pedestrian! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago She was a moron, but that wasn’t an oversized car (which makes it worse). Imagine the damage she’d do in an SUV. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (1 child) The complete lack of self-awareness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] asbestos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago Absolutely insane permalink fedilink source parent [–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 months ago (1 child) I went to Hawaii with my wife’s family a while back, my sister-in-law kept complaining about speed bumps in a part of the road there that’s 35 mph. She kept complaining because she kept hitting them at 60 miles an hour and we kept having to tell her they’re there because of you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) There's some rural highway intersections near where I live that have been getting the stop signs replaced with roundabouts and similarly people keep complaining because they have to slow down but these are intersections that happen to have frequent fatal collisions because people aren't slowing down. One of them has already had multiple single vehicle collisions where a driver just blasted into the center of the roundabout so the roundabout is clearly working at forcing traffic to calm down a little Edit to add: there's another rural highway intersection that was a 2 way stop for quite some time. The county is getting ready to install a roundabout so they started by turning it into a 4 way stop. The new stop signs have a gantry arm over the road, flashing lights, signs 500 feet back saying "stop ahead" with flashing lights and signs 500 feet earlier than that saying "new traffic pattern" also with flashing lights. People have continued to blast through that new stop sign ignoring all of the new signage and flashing lights where previously there wasn't a single sign or light. Now I see regularly the sheriff parked just out of sight watching that intersection because drivers can't be trusted to follow basic traffic safety laws and not blast through a stop sign at 65+mph (in a 55 zone of course) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago Some people be treating the gas pedal like an on off switch... permalink fedilink source parent [–] rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago For the ignorant driver that clearly shouldn't be driving if you already hit a brand new curb 3 times: permalink fedilink source parent [–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago We all instantly realized this ahaha OK here’s the upliftingnews take (beyond charitable): curb-height stuff is easier to hit than bicycle-height objects and she’d only do the former Reminded of this: Anyway someone grab her keys ;) permalink fedilink source parent [–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago She should.. curb her enthousiasm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] luisgutz@feddit.uk 51 points 2 months ago (1 child) Exactly! If she can't be trusted to protect her (oversized) car, then she can't be trusted with a cyclist or a pedestrian! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago She was a moron, but that wasn’t an oversized car (which makes it worse). Imagine the damage she’d do in an SUV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago She was a moron, but that wasn’t an oversized car (which makes it worse). Imagine the damage she’d do in an SUV. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (1 child) The complete lack of self-awareness. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] asbestos@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago Absolutely insane permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 41 points 2 months ago (1 child) I went to Hawaii with my wife’s family a while back, my sister-in-law kept complaining about speed bumps in a part of the road there that’s 35 mph. She kept complaining because she kept hitting them at 60 miles an hour and we kept having to tell her they’re there because of you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) There's some rural highway intersections near where I live that have been getting the stop signs replaced with roundabouts and similarly people keep complaining because they have to slow down but these are intersections that happen to have frequent fatal collisions because people aren't slowing down. One of them has already had multiple single vehicle collisions where a driver just blasted into the center of the roundabout so the roundabout is clearly working at forcing traffic to calm down a little Edit to add: there's another rural highway intersection that was a 2 way stop for quite some time. The county is getting ready to install a roundabout so they started by turning it into a 4 way stop. The new stop signs have a gantry arm over the road, flashing lights, signs 500 feet back saying "stop ahead" with flashing lights and signs 500 feet earlier than that saying "new traffic pattern" also with flashing lights. People have continued to blast through that new stop sign ignoring all of the new signage and flashing lights where previously there wasn't a single sign or light. Now I see regularly the sheriff parked just out of sight watching that intersection because drivers can't be trusted to follow basic traffic safety laws and not blast through a stop sign at 65+mph (in a 55 zone of course) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago Some people be treating the gas pedal like an on off switch... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child) There's some rural highway intersections near where I live that have been getting the stop signs replaced with roundabouts and similarly people keep complaining because they have to slow down but these are intersections that happen to have frequent fatal collisions because people aren't slowing down. One of them has already had multiple single vehicle collisions where a driver just blasted into the center of the roundabout so the roundabout is clearly working at forcing traffic to calm down a little Edit to add: there's another rural highway intersection that was a 2 way stop for quite some time. The county is getting ready to install a roundabout so they started by turning it into a 4 way stop. The new stop signs have a gantry arm over the road, flashing lights, signs 500 feet back saying "stop ahead" with flashing lights and signs 500 feet earlier than that saying "new traffic pattern" also with flashing lights. People have continued to blast through that new stop sign ignoring all of the new signage and flashing lights where previously there wasn't a single sign or light. Now I see regularly the sheriff parked just out of sight watching that intersection because drivers can't be trusted to follow basic traffic safety laws and not blast through a stop sign at 65+mph (in a 55 zone of course) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago Some people be treating the gas pedal like an on off switch... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 4 points 2 months ago Some people be treating the gas pedal like an on off switch... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rageagainstthemachine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago For the ignorant driver that clearly shouldn't be driving if you already hit a brand new curb 3 times: permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago We all instantly realized this ahaha OK here’s the upliftingnews take (beyond charitable): curb-height stuff is easier to hit than bicycle-height objects and she’d only do the former Reminded of this: Anyway someone grab her keys ;) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago She should.. curb her enthousiasm. permalink fedilink source parent