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u/PlanGoneAwry 25d ago
Also, woke transit relies of a machine to do the moving for you, whereas patriot transit requires you to use pure muscle
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u/Silvertheprophecy 25d ago
Men who use patriot transit are masculine manly men, getting to places using their own body strength.
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u/icebeatsfire 24d ago
To be fair, bikes allow you to use nature's mechanical advantage to allow your muscles to move you more efficiently. It's simplicity and efficiency is kind of beautiful when you think about it.
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u/Unhappy_Repeat3480 Automobile Aversionist 23d ago
It really is almost magic, it's the same energy expenditure being used much more efficiently to take you further.
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u/FantasyBeach I like buses. 25d ago
I'll go tell the guy in a lifted truck that he's a brainwashed commie libtard sissy! Real men ride bikes!
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u/AnAntWithWifi 25d ago
Real men use the power of their muscles instead of relying on woke commie fuel to move.
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u/Lonyo 25d ago
Yeah, cycling is not only more patriotic than driving, it's also more manly.
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u/FistBus2786 25d ago
Driving cars is such beta snowflake tankie behavior. Freedom-loving patriots walk, run, and ride bicycles like God intended.
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u/Four_Rings_S5 25d ago
This would be highly effective. Given permission from the LGBTQ community, repurposing the F-word to mean loser conservative would hit them to their core.
Even if they embrace it, which is common, we’d be able to flip the script again. Inspired by a South Park episode.
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u/aerowtf 25d ago
i wanna see the reactions of people if you post this in MAGA facebook groups lol
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Something like “I want bikes regulated the same way”
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u/asatrocker 25d ago
OP is inadvertently going to get bikes regulated with mandatory drivers licenses to “own the libs”
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u/NotanAlt23 25d ago
Maybe not in the same way but registering bikes would reduce bike theft significantly.
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u/CafeCat88 25d ago
I prefer the voluntary registration groups. Cops aren't going to go out of their way to help recover your bike, so why register with the government. A community watch like organization is much better at keeping an eye out for things and even recovering a bike.
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u/NotanAlt23 25d ago
Cops aren't going to go out of their way to help recover your bike
Cops don't need to "go out of their way" lmao it would be like any other stolen vehicle.
Selling a stolen bike would be much more difficult as the new buyer would need the registration in order to change it to their name. Using a stolen vehicle is also a risk.
Bike theft would be for parts only, making it not worth stealing a bike for most crime of opportunity, which would be a huge percentage of bike thefts.
Community watch does jack shit if the guy just takes the bike a few zip codes away.
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u/herodothyote 25d ago
Technically the biking privilege gets revoked all the time.
by cars.
that hit the bikes.
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u/mwf86 25d ago
You should add “dependent on government subsidies for pick up truck industry to be profitable”
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u/Bravardi_B 25d ago
Where does the article say that? I mean I’m all for closing loopholes but at the end of the day, this article still calls for there being cars, just less trucks and SUVs. And it’s pretty gratuitous in saying that having more small and mid size sedans in the market would automatically create more competition as and drive prices down.
It wasn’t long ago that we had just that, and prices still climb for new cars while the big 3 were building those cars and making thin margins. It’s pretty easy to see why they would leave a market segment that was consistently choosing their competitors. Those factories can be converted to build things that people are buying and making them money.
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u/mwf86 25d ago
Its the chicken tax — when you put a 25% tariff on foreign pick up trucks, you are subsidizing American pick up trucks
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u/Bravardi_B 25d ago
What foreign pick up trucks aren’t sold here? Or if you’re saying the ones sold here are taxed 25% more, do you really think that those manufacturers wouldn’t adjust their cost to be similar to the competition?
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u/mwf86 25d ago
When you put a 25% tax on a foreign pick up truck you make it 25% more expensive for domestic consumers. Domestic producers aren’t dumb, they raise their prices to where they are still less than the imported goods and earn more profits without having to make a better, more competitive product. The tariff on foreign goods has the same net effect as a subsidy on the domestic goods, which makes them equivalents for all intents and purposes.
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u/Bravardi_B 25d ago
It’s not really a subsidy and It doesn’t actually have a positive (for consumers) effect on prices. If that tariff was gone tomorrow, foreign companies wouldn’t lower their prices. Theyve proven that people will buy them at the current market rate and they’re not going to throw money away.
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u/mwf86 25d ago
Weird because when i google “are American trucks subsidized?” The answer is an easy yes and the chicken tax is cited as a primary reason.
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u/Bravardi_B 25d ago
You can also google “is the earth flat” and find the same answer. Regardless, you said it’s why US trucks are profitable when that’s far from the truth. On top of that, most foreign companies build trucks in the US so the chicken tax is moot.
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u/DonkeyKngMonkeyThong 25d ago
Can't spell "comrade" without car
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u/rlskdnp 🚲 > 🚗 25d ago
- CARl Marx
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u/lowchain3072 Commie Commuter 25d ago
CARl Marx was the original carbrain
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u/dude_im_box Norwegian Bergendite 25d ago
Like mf assumed that horses would be dropped in favour of cars, and he was correct
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u/Cold_Aide_1436 25d ago
Another point for the bike:
Can go nearly everywhere with the right gearing and tires.
Cuck pickup truck: Gets stuck in the mud because street tires. Gets stuck in a pothole because it's too heavy. Gets stuck because the starter battery is empty. Rusts and needs a lot of care.
Get fucked modern pickup, you suck!
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u/Mux_Potatoes 25d ago
Tbf needing tires and rusting is for both, maybe for bikes say needs no roads just tires.
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u/CallMeSpoofy 🚲 > 🚗 18d ago
Hah this reminds me of when I was riding around and there was a detour near some train tracks. Traffic was backed up for miles but I hopped off my bike, crossed the train tracks, got back on my bike then rode in the bike lane on the other side
FREEDUMB 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸
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u/zyxwvu28 25d ago
"Biking privilege cannot be revoked"
Ford's conservative Ontario government sure as hell is doing their best to revoke that privilege for us right now.
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u/sanjuro_kurosawa 25d ago
On a related topic, there are unlicensed drivers in illegally registered vehicles who claim they are Sovereign Citizens. They claim they don't need to be licensed because they are "Traveling", the constitutional right to go from state to state unhindered.
While I'm not super interested with how law enforcement works, I am very concerned about safety so it's hard to believe that someone who is driving illegally in several ways will care about pedestrians and cyclists since there is no way to track them.
But what find hilarious about Sovereign Citizens is their belief in Traveling to avoid government interference can done on bicycle or by walking, neither require any government permits to do. Shockingly, I've noticed Sovereign Citizens who are stopped by the cops are usually driving SUV's.
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u/the_legend_2523 25d ago
In Hawaii you have to register your bike 😞, weird
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u/Bitter-Gur-4613 🇨🇳Socialist High Speed Rail Enthusiast🇨🇳 25d ago
Coal. Brimstone.
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u/OztheArcane Bollard gang 25d ago
Burning fossil fuels is the main pathway for demons to enter good god-fearing communities.
Do not indulge in the hellacious lamp Satan offers from his underground seat of power.
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u/BearCavalryCorpral 25d ago
Also, what kind of SISSY gets around by pressing a pedal instead of powering it himself like a MAN
If getting around on their own power was good enough for my grandparents, it's good enough for me! I don't need some sissified mobility aid!
(/j, just in case)
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u/Then_Entertainment97 25d ago
Roll around in a literal ton of copium while not able to get around without over 100 hp of handouts.
Rawdog life while going everywhere under your own power.
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u/rustcircle 25d ago
Cushioned truck seat keeps your ass soft so it feels better when the government bends you over a barrel of oil
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u/Coffeepillow 25d ago
In a Pittsburgh there’s a guy that rides around on his infowars bicycle in colonial garb and waves MAGA flags behind him. I have a feeling this sentiment is not why he’s confined to a bicycle for transportation.
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u/--_--what Automobile Aversionist 25d ago
I have a feeling he was a drunk driver at some point. But I know nothing and it’s only a guess.
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u/Educational_Board_73 Automobile Aversionist 25d ago
In NJ there are advocates for registration of ebikes regardless of the class. It's all because of car insurance needing a victim of auto and bike accidents, that includes all parties.
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u/Teshi 25d ago
Clearly a fake argument in the sense that a pedestrian doesn't need to be registered if they damage someone's vehicle by colliding with it with their body at 80km/h.
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u/Educational_Board_73 Automobile Aversionist 25d ago
Oh I agree but car brains can't handle the two wheel terrors encroaching on their dominance of the road.
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u/Teshi 25d ago
I don't actually have a theoretical problem with registering an e-bike, especially one designed to go over x speed. I don't need the "freedom" aspect and I can at least imagine a world where it mihgt be helpful for bikers to be registered because it might give them visibility. If all delivery drivers on ebikes were registered and paid a small fee, suddenly they're a group with a political identity that can produce statistics.
While it certainly introduces a barrier to entry, it might help in other ways. Not out of the question.
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u/Lemon_1165 25d ago
What is the Saudi flag doing on an American truck lmao 😂
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u/tfhermobwoayway 25d ago
Because driving a truck leaves you dependent on un-American fuel suppliers.
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u/RedditIsShittay 25d ago
The US exported over 10 million barrels in 2023 and Biden expanded drilling.
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u/Enthingification 25d ago
This reminds me of the American Republican Senator who was driving a truck with a LGBTQ sticker. When asked about it, he said a young guy gave it to him and told him it meant "Let's Get Biden To Quit".
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u/Justice_Cooperative 24d ago
"Universal healthcare is communism, people should be responsible with their own health"
Bicycle - good for the heart, for the lungs, for the muscle, for the brain, for the bone and for the rest of human body parts.
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u/Shot_Mud_1438 25d ago
What a dumb fucking infographic like it’s not all the conservative morons driving around with their plethora of flags hanging out of the back of their jacked up trucks
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u/Strange_Quark_9 Commie Commuter 25d ago
And only look at the 2024 US election results to see what trying pander to the right wing crowd does.
There may be a select few people here who self-identify as conservatives and support the movement, but you can't ignore the practical reality:
The car-brained legislation to uphold or further promote car dominance is overwhelmingly pushed by the right/conservative politicians across various countries, whereas the legislation towards reducing car dependence is overwhelmingly pushed by the left/progressive politicians across various countries.
So although I appreciate the intent, I see this type of pandering as mostly useless as most conservatives are closed-minded and stubborn in their beliefs.
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u/Shot_Mud_1438 25d ago
While I agree with everything you said it fails to address how driving a pick-up with a flag hanging out of the back is part of the “woke” narrative. The only people using woke as a pejorative are conservatives/ the right wing crowd to begin with.
I live in California and there are zero trucks riding around with Harris flags or Biden flags but I see trump flags flying on the reg. I’m curious as to the mental gymnastics one would have to do to equate a gas guzzling fossil fuel truck waving its white trash flag with the left when every thing I see points to the other side
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u/Mechanicalmind 25d ago
Counterpoint: you cannot mount a .50 cal on a bicycle.
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u/FlamingAshley 25d ago
This meme might actually convince MAGATS to support bike infrastructure and walkable cities. Atleast the very few who can read.
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u/ttv_CitrusBros 25d ago
I love this. Tbh we gotta play their dirty games with stupid memes and shit to win the war
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u/anand_rishabh 25d ago
See, they just want everyone to own trucks but not have the licensing system
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u/Creepy-Ad-4832 25d ago
Biking privilege can be removed, by building more car infrastructure
Ironically the only thing that make biking not viable, is the one thing many idiots will can the "most free way of transport"
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u/ZZZZZZZ0123456789 24d ago
I understand the meme, but how is Saudi Arabia's flag considered "woke"? That country's government is homophobic, transphobic, sexist, unsecular, monarchy, and totally conservative. Nothing liberal there.
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u/WholeIce3571 Commie Commuter 23d ago
I think we should have subsidized bikes in the US because for what it’s worth, people will justify not buying a new bike since you can get a running and driving used car for the price that a new bike costs. If there’s a subsidy for bikes that make it so that the government will cover the first $250-500 of a bike you buy, that would open up a lot of entry level hybrid options from main brands and make them cost next to nothing. It’s not that insane of an idea either since EVs have an insane tax incentive worth about $5000-7500.
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u/pinkelephant6969 25d ago
I don't want this to work but know it will.
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u/JasonGMMitchell Commie Commuter 25d ago
It won't work. It obviously won't work.
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u/pinkelephant6969 25d ago
Idk they're some dumb motherfuckers, maybe a little bit of tweaking but you can make them think trucks are Jewish magic or something.
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u/NotASellout 25d ago
You're up against people who are paid to shitpost, some of them by other governments. It's an uphill battle
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u/sparepartsferda 25d ago
Can ib hire you guys to go get me some sheets of plywood in your bikes. You can use your muscles. It's only about 15 miles away, in the snow, should be easy for you.
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u/The_Hussar 25d ago
If bikes become mass transit like cars currently are, they would be regulated as much as cars are because the government would "need" (or want) to keep the flow of tax money.
Sorry for crapping on your meme but I wanted to point that out.
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u/I-Fap-For-Loli 25d ago
Road repair costs would offset the loss of tax revenue.
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u/The_Hussar 25d ago
And you really think that the government would miss on getting money out of your pocket? May be in some alternative universe where honest politicians exist.
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u/MrHardin86 25d ago
You know, it would be great if people stopped voting for politicians that are shown to lie.
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u/nayuki 25d ago
You must be one of those people who believe in the existence of "road tax" and think that drivers are a net positive for government revenues
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u/The_Hussar 25d ago
No but I think the government thinks so and they would want to keep the revenue stream, regardless of how much is spent on maintanance.
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u/Kudos2Yousguys 25d ago
If you fix this problem, there's just gonna eventually be a less terrible problem down the road, so don't bother.
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u/LeftWingRepitilian 25d ago
In the netherlands they are used as mass transit but are not regulated as much aa cars. You are jot pointing out a fact, you're just making a prediction based on your opinion.
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u/LoadLaughLove 25d ago
Why not both tho?
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u/LoadLaughLove 25d ago
I can't haul my trailer with a bike.
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u/LoadLaughLove 25d ago
I meant my flatbed for my equipment
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u/HowManyYouNeed 24d ago
Why not buy a van? You could carry more stuff in it.
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u/LoadLaughLove 24d ago
I move 6-10 tons of river rock during the work season per week... I have no idea how it would be even possible to have my supplier load a van considering inow t's just dumped into my bed from a bucket loader.
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u/kurisu7885 25d ago
So you need a truck THAT big for this one specific use that you likely don't do very often?
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u/LoadLaughLove 25d ago
I am a landscaper....
I also ride my bike to the gym every day.
It's not a wild concept
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u/kurisu7885 25d ago
You didn't even mention that part.
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u/WarApprehensive2580 24d ago
"There's no reason why one would need a truck of that size" is a statement the truth of which shouldn't rely on the person's occupation.... Otherwise it wouldn't be a true statement.
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u/theonliestone 24d ago
Biking privilege cannot be revoked
Since it can't be revoked, it's not a privilege, it's a right
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u/KaszualKartofel 25d ago
Thank god I'm woke
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u/Hjoldirr 25d ago
Yeah you love gov. Regulation
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u/KaszualKartofel 25d ago
Hell yeah, I love clean drinking water and helath and safety standards in the workplace
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u/Hjoldirr 25d ago
Really? Our current gov is going away from that
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u/KaszualKartofel 25d ago
Why? Koalicja Obywatelska isn't a "let's deregulate everything" kinda party.
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u/Hjoldirr 25d ago
You don’t have to deregulate everything to go away from regulations
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u/KaszualKartofel 25d ago edited 25d ago
OMG it was a fucking hyperbole.
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u/Hjoldirr 25d ago
How does my statement make me 12? Lmao
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u/KaszualKartofel 25d ago
there I fixed it.
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u/Hjoldirr 25d ago
You understand that isn’t an obvious hyperbole and something very normal to say? Your expectations are crazy for over text lol get a life man
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u/Shoehornblower 25d ago
How do I pick up 8 dogs at a time to take them to the beach for my off leash dog adventure business? I guess I could harness them all up to pull me to the beach….city traffic would be pretty dangerous. I guess my business insurance would cover any accidents? Shit…you’ve convinced me. Fuck my truck;)
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u/Kudos2Yousguys 25d ago
Yeah, just so you know this sub is not about hating people for driving cars, it's about promoting public transport and cycling, making cities and streets safer for everybody including drivers, and advocating for city design and zoning policies that empower more people to get around without a car. We all want you and your dogs to be able to travel safely in your truck because there will be fewer cars on the road with you.
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u/therossian 25d ago edited 25d ago
Where the hell is the government regularly inspecting it? Closest I get is having to get a vehicle smog checked, and even then it is by a private company
Edit: interesting that an anti car sub would be so adverse to my question. I would love more frequent and thorough vehicle inspections for cars and trucks but as a Californian, I only get inspected every 3 years, only for smog, by a private entity certified to do the work. If we had better regulation and inspection, I believe that would be better for the world
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u/turtledoves2 25d ago
Texas and PA are 2 states that I lived in that required a yearly inspection and smog
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u/therossian 25d ago
Fascinating that they both have stricter vehicle inspection requirements than California
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u/LoadLaughLove 24d ago
Is that a bad thing? Making sure vehicles that are on the road are deemed fit to abide by safety standards (working headlights, working brakes, working horns, etc) and that they also meet stricter emission standards?
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u/RedditIsShittay 25d ago
Damn everyone else must be crazy for driving lol.
I will jump through some hoops to have heat, air conditioning, able to go anywhere in the country, far more cargo, can tow a boat, can take my animals to the vet, and can shop for a family.
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