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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by foldr on Friday April 21, 2023 @04:38AM (#35651180)
There are lots of roads in the US where there’s no sidewalk and you have to walk along the edge of the road if you’re a pedestrian. What’s silly about this? In general, it is perfectly legal to use roads for cycling and walking (though I'm sure there is some variation between jurisdictions).
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by robertlagrant on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:11AM (#35651378)
It's silly that you think that this is anything to do with being a person. Why can't I walk in the middle of the road, you know, like a person? It's just such a bad faith argument.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by burnished on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:16AM (#35651399)
Yeah, like in a suburban neighborhood? Or a variety of urban spaces, based on context?

In your rush to accuse others of making bad faith arguments you're making just plain thoughtless ones.

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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by robertlagrant on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:24AM (#35651448)
The context was rush hour Washington Boulevard. I'm not rushing to accuse anyone, and I'm not the one thoughtlessly ignoring the context.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by foldr on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:43AM (#35651593)
The context was cycling on rush hour Washington Boulevard, which isn't absurd if it's the easiest route to your destination, any more than walking down a road is absurd if you don't have an alternative.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by robertlagrant on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @06:14AM (#35698506)
The context (sigh) here is that I'm saying "like they're people" is not a good argument. Drivers are also people. It's not an argument. I don't know why the topic keeps drifting off this.
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by foldr on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @10:34AM (#35714262)
Being a person actually is a good prima facie argument for being allowed to access public infrastructure. There may be countervailing considerations, but you didn't provide any (other than by apparently suggesting that it was somehow absurd for people to walk on roads).
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by burnished on Friday April 21, 2023 @02:51PM (#35658278)
Why do you think they were on that road?
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Re:Rural Americans are importing tiny Japanese pickup trucks by everdrive on Friday April 21, 2023 @06:58PM (#35661378)
It's silly because it's often dangerous. A lot of these roads are busy, and the speed limits can be 35-50 MPH. For better or for worse, drivers are just _not_ anticipating pedestrians on these sorts of roads, but some people have no better choice.
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