Right, yeah, the middle ground is, “continue to be a menace to pedestrians,” great. Heavens forbid we inconvenience a motorist. We’re not lowering limits and controlling illegal speeding because it’s fun. You should have a look at pedestrian fatality stats from the last ten years.
He does NOT have a valid concern. He has privilege that he feels has been threatened, and he has formed it into an objection-shaped lie. It’s gross entitlement that endangers other people’s lives. These cameras are not a cash-grab. The valid concern here is not killing innocent, vulnerable people.
I think what you’re not grasping is the classism at play. Motorists are a relatively affluent, powerful class who are straight up killing several-fold more people from a relatively poor, relatively disabled, relatively powerless, stigmatized and victimized class than they need to, not even for convenience but for the fucking FASHION of wearing an oversized vehicle while they speed around the city. And then they fucking BITCH about it.
People need to be a lot more angry about this. If you are not aware, after decades of improvement, pedestrian fatalities have spiked recently to their highest levels in more than 40 years. This is no longer a friendly disagreement. Our own government, the body responsible for ensuring the safety of all road users, is turning protection of the most vulnerable users into a culture war issue. This shit is not okay.
Right, yeah, the middle ground is, “continue to be a menace to pedestrians,” great. Heavens forbid we inconvenience a motorist. We’re not lowering limits and controlling illegal speeding because it’s fun. You should have a look at pedestrian fatality stats from the last ten years.
He does NOT have a valid concern. He has privilege that he feels has been threatened, and he has formed it into an objection-shaped lie. It’s gross entitlement that endangers other people’s lives. These cameras are not a cash-grab. The valid concern here is not killing innocent, vulnerable people.
I think what you’re not grasping is the classism at play. Motorists are a relatively affluent, powerful class who are straight up killing several-fold more people from a relatively poor, relatively disabled, relatively powerless, stigmatized and victimized class than they need to, not even for convenience but for the fucking FASHION of wearing an oversized vehicle while they speed around the city. And then they fucking BITCH about it.
People need to be a lot more angry about this. If you are not aware, after decades of improvement, pedestrian fatalities have spiked recently to their highest levels in more than 40 years. This is no longer a friendly disagreement. Our own government, the body responsible for ensuring the safety of all road users, is turning protection of the most vulnerable users into a culture war issue. This shit is not okay.