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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by potato3732842 on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @08:04PM (#45205898)
>>> Everybody loves public transit until they get panhandled for the jillionth time

>People love driving until they're stuck in traffic, or their kid dies in a fiery car crash after being ran into by a drunk driver, or they get a flat tire, or can't afford their monthly car payment.

The relative rates of these things are very, very different (as are the harms).

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Re:Made for People, Not Cars: Reclaiming European Cities by magicalist on Thursday September 11, 2025 @12:49AM (#45207896)
> The relative rates of these things are very, very different (as are the harms).

I mean, as a first approximation, about twice as many people die in car crashes than are murdered in the US every year so...

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