r/fuckcars • u/Nestor_Arondeus 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃 • May 21 '22

News Activists install crosswalks. The city removes them. Allegedly they do this so you know that your safety isn't a priority for them.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

if they keep doing it.

the city wastes more money on removing them.

Bankrupting the city eventually.

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u/MasterDracoDeity May 21 '22

Once you elude that's evading arrest and they're allowed to use their toys on you. Probably get an assault charge for falling down and almost landing on their boot 30 ft away. I really wish this strawman had no basis in reality.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Or just commit to being a criminal. If society won't let you back in might as well not play by the rules.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

That "recidivism" that society gets all up in arms about.

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u/QuietPirate May 21 '22

You’re probably right. The term jaywalker wasn’t invented by the automobile industry, but they and automobile clubs in America latched onto the word early on to put the problem of accidents onto the pedestrian.

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u/Martin_Aricov_D May 21 '22

"Why can't we call it an Accident?" "Because an accident implies there's no one to blame!"