NomNom@feddit.ukBanned to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agoYep, young people on their phones are definitely the problem. Not dangerous drivers that kill thousands of people (mainly other drivers) each year.feddit.ukimagemessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1178arrow-down1imageYep, young people on their phones are definitely the problem. Not dangerous drivers that kill thousands of people (mainly other drivers) each year.feddit.ukNomNom@feddit.ukBanned to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 months agomessage-square25linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 months agoIf there weren’t cars, there’d still be buses, vans, trucks.
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoThere’s a big difference between a constant stream of cars with noise from every direction, and the occasional delivery vehicle that you can hear coming.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYou know those electric ones are quiet now, right ?
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoYes, I have one. Assuming no stream of load cars nearby, they are either loud enough to hear (tyre noise), or slow enough to not worry about.
minus-squareTheTetrapod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI don’t think most peoples’ dreams of a walkable utopia include those things, but you make a good point.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoNo, it does. The notion that urbanists want to get rid of delivery vehicles is a strawman argument used to attack us.
If there weren’t cars, there’d still be buses, vans, trucks.
There’s a big difference between a constant stream of cars with noise from every direction, and the occasional delivery vehicle that you can hear coming.
You know those electric ones are quiet now, right ?
Yes, I have one.
Assuming no stream of load cars nearby, they are either loud enough to hear (tyre noise), or slow enough to not worry about.
I don’t think most peoples’ dreams of a walkable utopia include those things, but you make a good point.
No, it does. The notion that urbanists want to get rid of delivery vehicles is a strawman argument used to attack us.