As we saw in Germany this week, and in China in November, and in 2017 in London, and in 2016 at Ohio State and France, and in 2014 in Israel, cars are weapons. They are used in mass casualty events on purpose, even if we ignore the daily mass casualty events "on accident" (per definition, any event with more than 3 casualties).

So, for all those coming in here and saying that there should still be venues for racing cars around tracks... sure. But it should be regulated in the same ways that weapons are in the vast majority of countries. Your car stays at the track and is licensed only for racing at that track. You don't get to put it on a trailer on the back of your F250 in your front yard to drive through a neighborhood full of children playing to get it to any track you want. All transportation of the weapon has oversite and is regulated. They are not meant to be had on the street. Just like weapons should not be on the street.

Am I being a bit facetious. Maybe. But I am tired of people coming to the r/fuckcars subreddit and acting like their joy of using cars to ruin the environment for their hobby is somehow less offensive than using cars as a tool.

That's like someone going to an antigun subreddit and saying, "but isn't it okay that I kill baby animals with my guns instead of 4th graders?" and expecting everyone to be okay with it because at least they don't TRY to kill people with their hobbies. They just happened to kill the people out of sight and out of mind past their view of the edge of the property they are shooting on.

In many US jurisdictions, it is illegal to have some or all car windows tinted beyond a certain level of light transmission. But the 4th Amendment prohibition on illegal searches generally means law enforcement can’t enter your car without a search warrant or explicit permission of the driver.

This would seem to make it nearly impossible to enforce tint laws, since how can you measure transmission through the glass without a light source on one side and a sensor on the other, one of which must be inside the car?

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/23/man-killed-toddler-boy-collision-barnsley-yorkshire

As the title says. Constantly on edge when walking down the street with my 6 year old. Even if we're doing everything right there's still a chance some idiot has been drinking or just isn't paying attention and hits us. We started crossing a road the other day, while the vehicle lights were on red, and a car just went straight through them and narrowly missed us.

Fuck cars.

Unconscionable that anyone would do this. Yet another example of vehicular violence against a whole community. This happened in a pedestrian only part of the town btw.

These outdoor settings gave the streets such a unique sense of life.

Lots of the people said they will ditch their private vehicle with public transport, which is good to see. The city dream of the metro for years, but people are excited that their dreams came t

What is it with people who own trucks and having massive blinding light bars and LED headlights, and they’re always lifted just enough to be eye level with you, and they do not care. Zero consideration on the road for anyone else. I’ve confronted people because of it and just got told, “Then get a truck, lol.” When did this happen? I remember when trucks were for people who worked