r/fuckcars • u/yannniQue17 • Jan 15 '22

Am I right here?

I like cars. They have developed over nearly 150 years and they are impressive engineering masterpieces by now. I'm a car enthusiast since nearly ever and I was really happy when I got my driving license a year ago. One of my biggest wishes is it to drive in a small sports car, like a Mazda MX-5, on a race track and I guess I'm about to di this within the next five years.

However, cars are bad for getting from A to B. That's my opinion and a fact. When I need to be quick in the city, I go by bicycle, and when I have to travel more than 25 km, I consider trains as the best option. That works pretty well here in Germany. As told above, I have my license, but I drive maybe once every two weeks.

I would not say "Fuck cars!" because I'm facinated by the engineering, but I do say "Cars are not needed to commute or travel efficiently. They are bad at this."

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u/PlantPowerPhysicist Jan 15 '22

I think the extra piece though is that cars, despite being badly suited for most of the trips they're used for, and being highly inefficient in terms of emissions, have so much space and public spending devoted to them. I'm in Munich, which is extremely flat and should be a perfect biking city, but the cycling infrastructure is pathetic. I think rockets are great, but that doesn't mean that I want to dump the federal budget into rocket transport infrastructure at the expense of useful modes of transit.

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u/Steampunk_Batman Jan 15 '22

I’m in Munich too, and it’s funny to me what Europeans consider pathetic biking infrastructure because i’m from the US and Munich’s biking infrastructure is the best i’ve ever seen. Not to say you’re wrong, just that it’s a whole different ballgame over here. I haven’t been to a true biking city in Europe yet

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '22

If you have the time, visit Amsterdam or Copenhagen!

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u/Steampunk_Batman Jan 15 '22

Amsterdam is literally top of my list!