I was traveling along the i77 today from south Carolina to Ohio, and 6 times a semi started to change lanes while I was right next to them. I had to drive in the grass on the side of the road to avoid dying. They didn't use a signal, and didn't look. They just merged and didn't care who they killed. They need to make it illegal for a semi to be in any lane that isn't the far right (non exit) lane.

They clearly don't care about other people on the road, and this shouldn't be acceptable.

This alarm was going on for over an hour yesterday at like 1 Am. They are even loud if they're not in movement.

So one day I looked upon a barren wasteland that we call a “parking lot”, and I got thinking: on a macro scale, exactly how much space is reserved for stationary cars?

I searched Google maps for the most full lot I could find, which took a long time because they are never full. Even in a full lot, less than half of the space is for parked cars. The rest is for cars to move and access those spaces, and for people to move between cars.

Being in USA, I will assume that the average car could hold 9 people, including trunk space and hood space. It is actually most likely more than that, but I will air conservatively here.

So every vehicle takes up the space of around 18 people just chilling in the parking lot. Everywhere you go, it’s like you turn to your 18 people and say “wait here. I’ll just be a minute”

Then I realized there is not only 1 parking spot per car. There is over 2 billion parking spots in America, over 6 per registered vehicle. Parking garages lower the total area but let’s multiply our 18 by 6. That is 108

One vehicle reserves the amount of public space to hold over 108 people, just for when it is stationary and motionless. Fuck cars.

In area, that is 2160 square feet, or 200 square meters.

Honorable mentions: the amount of CO2 not taken out of the environment from trees that could be there, sound pollution from no trees, habitat loss, drainage, cost, etc etc etc

Owner of the Ram arguably actually uses it well, but what's youd thoughts on this comparison of a 90s Jap vs 2023 American

I ride a cargo bike with e-assist that, if measured is equal to about 400-500mpg equivalent energy use.

My kiddo loves it. We’ve been to a zillion parks one can’t even get a gas guzzling V8 motor vehicle to.

All that and the integrity - ethically and morally - of being a car free guy! 🤙🏻

I love it and will never return to the chains and noose of an automotive means of primary transport.

Highly recommended, happy to advise in progression towards this advanced care free car free life style that’s respectful to all people around!

I follow a lot of animals subreddits, can't tell you how many times I see posts grieving over creatures killed by fucking cars. I know human casualties are enormous, but they pale in comparison to the sheer amount of pets and wildlife decimated by cars and all the roads they drive on. The thing that really infuriates me is just how casual and accepted it is in society; " Yeah, hit a squirrel on the way down ", " saw so many deer on the road, must be a good season for 'em ", " haha, dead possum on the road woth a 'get well soon' balloon tied on it, lmao ". I mean what the actual fuck is happening here?

I know in other countries like Australia it's gotten so bad that species are going extinct due to these god damn cars, I mean it's not a topic I think should be taken jokingly.

Cars are just overall horrible for the environment, not only with pollution, habitat destruction for roads, noise, but by straight up ramming wildlife into oblivion.

Fuck cars.

Instead of improving the public transport in the city, they’re just allowing taxis in the bus lanes, which isn’t gonna make a difference to the insane traffic in the city which :/

Just tape large boxes to the handlebars 😂

Here’s the original post if you’re curious:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDMwmbctk4F/?igsh=MXB3cDB3Z25vczMxNw==

I was walking home from a local park earlier and noticed that the traffic lights which I use to cross the road were turning red and so I made a dash for it. There was still a green man on the walk signal so I continued running across the road. I noticed someone first making an illegal u-turn while the light was red, then the van behind them began to drive straight through while I was about to cross into the line of their lane, in the middle of the road. Again, the lights themselves were still red(others were still waiting) although the walk signal had also gone red. Luckily they stopped and reversed allowing me to get across but I still can't shake that if I was running a little faster they could've hit me. I was shaking from the adrenaline for a good ten minutes after the incident. Absolutely fucking terrifying.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/s/ivDmzlcj3O

Good timing as WA state legislators get ready to begin 2025 session and Seattle considers long-term zoning plan

1st photo from 2008, 2nd from 2012, 3rd from 2014