How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking”

Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by jrwiegand on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @04:55PM (#16163073)

I agree that not owning a car would be better than owning. But simply saying "you should move to a better place" is not only a privileged statement but also a callous one. You assume people are not in a place for important reasons like staying close to family, working for a company they like, simply loving where they live or not being able to afford living to an urban environment. These are all valid and if not owning a car is too prohibitive to basic life needs than a person should own a car.

Also, the Americans or Australians comment is a bit of a broad stoke, no?

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by contingencies on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @05:25PM (#16163309)

I personally choose not to live in a freezing place, and most people can do that. Even without crossing a border intra-EU/CN/US/AU moves achieve this goal.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... and order by 'emission per capita'.

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by Noos on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:03PM (#16163665)

You exchange freezing for warming, as if walking in 100 degree temperatures works any more than 0 degrees.

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Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by ck425 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @04:43AM (#16166681)

This is true, but you can also petition your local authorities for better public transport, bike lanes etc. You can campaign against urban sprawl. One of the issues at the moment is complete lack of awareness of any alternative to car centric urban planning.

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