• GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    People don’t even need car tbh. Motorbikes everywhere please. Zip zip, less traffic, everyone pays attention to road or falls and dies.

    • tamman2000@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      I live in Maine. Riding a motorcycle in the winter is not only highly unpleasant, it’s borderline suicidal.

      I’m all for 2 wheeled transport where it works, but anywhere that gets snow for months out of each year it’s a non starter as a primary transportation mode

    • Bluewing@discuss.online
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      9 hours ago

      You would think killing off the stupid would improve the breed. But apparently the real world shows it does not. Besides, I ain’t riding a motorbike at -40 Celsius or Fahrenheit or in 30cm/12" of fresh snow or in a thunderstorm.

    • propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe
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      18 hours ago

      Yeah, no.

      Those things are death traps and there’s a reason why they’re mostly prevalent in nations where people literally can’t afford anything safer.

      • OrgunDonor@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        Like this?

        I think personally I would go with this though

        (/s cause it is probably needed)

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          17 hours ago

          Motorcycle rider here. Yes, families with children will rent a truck anytime they want to purchase groceries, and when it’s raining. It’s not practical.

          This is a stupid thread.

          • newaccountwhodis@lemmy.ml
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            10 hours ago

            Are you by chance from the US? Because other countries have sensible zoning laws and public transit, making cars for families not a necessity but a luxury. Where I live, nobody needs a car. Shopping is done by cargo bike or hand cart, family trips are taken by train or metro.

            If you live in a stupid country tho people might depend on cars.

          • fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            14 hours ago

            The maybe use public transport? If you REALLY need to use buy car - buy one.

            Also: families were not mentioned before in this thread. Is driving around with your partner and 5 kids and a couch a daily occasion?

            • credo@lemmy.world
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              9 hours ago

              Lol, come here and use our public transport options before you speak. This entire thread is led by those laying wide-reaching proclamations while being unable to consider any situation other than their own.

                  • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
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                    9 hours ago

                    Okay, then advocating for better urban planning and less urban sprawl. Unless you live in a rural area, you shouldn’t be required to go into debt to pay for a multi ton machine to be able to buy food. It’s odd that only in the last hundred years humans have stopped being able to function day to day without vehicles.