@chrizzly_astrophotography @DrTCombs TBH at least that thing is electric, and actually has sort of decent front visibility, it seems like a child would actually be visible if standing in front of it.

But yea, people living in cities do not need trucks at all to begin with, they're only useful if you have a use for them, driving to the grocery store and bringing back a ton of groceries is something you can do on a bike if you'd want to

@chrizzly_astrophotography @DrTCombs hah, I would love to see those stickers becoming mandatory over there, and in proper visible places too, preferably as clashing with the aesthetic as possible

@anthropy @DrTCombs I'm sure the words of a furry faggot are absolutely devastating to the Americans.

@racs @DrTCombs if the only thing you have to say about the subject is a personal attack, I'll take that as a win

@anthropy @DrTCombs Nigger I'm not even American.

@racs @DrTCombs my dude, where did I even say anything about your nationality :P

Did you want to talk about oversized cars or just swear into the void?

@anthropy @DrTCombs
I know these are twitter style posts but do try keeping up with the entire conversation.

I prefer berating faggots online.

@JenWojcik @DrTCombs I was just thinking the same thing except I’m 63 years old and 60 inches tall. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes anything over one and a half tons was made an exception. No crash testing, no safety measures. No fuel economy rules.
And yet they sell them as “safer”.

@peterbrown @DrTCombs @notjustbikes the "safer" OFC only applies to occupants of those cars and so it's "legally not lying"...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes according to the video, it doesn’t even include the occupants

@peterbrown

@DrTCombs @notjustbikes @kkarhan anything over 1 ton needs a cdl of some sort to drive, which is stricter rules.

@bluGill @DrTCombs @notjustbikes @peterbrown I think the EU classifications are the next best options, as Driving Licence Class B does only permit 3,5t + 0,75t MGW.

In return it doesn't dostinguish between "commercial" and non+commercial driving since people are allowed to drive everything passing tech inspection, being safe to drive, they have insured properly and they can legally drive.

So commercial use does require commercial insurance.

@bluGill @DrTCombs @notjustbikes @peterbrown Needless to say it's illegal to park a vehicle >2,8t on the curb becaise that's - if in doubt - the maximum load bearing of any road.

@kkarhan @bluGill @DrTCombs @notjustbikes I think it comes as a surprise to some drivers to discover that the kerb is actually to keep drivers off the pavement (which is there for the benefit of pedestrians, not as a convenient parking area for drivers.) 🙄

@peterbrown @bluGill @DrTCombs @notjustbikes *nodds in agreement*

And also as a way to provide level access to buses on bus stops and as a guide to the gutter so water goes into the sewers and doesn't flood pavement or road surface.

BTW: Roads in Germany do are angled at about 7° from the middle of it to reduce risk of aquaplaning, with the exception of banked turns which may have a higher angle OFC...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes while I agree that all vehicles should be rated similarly, I have never agreed to the whole size argument or that we need tiny vehicles in cities. Or that we need to tax vehicles to keep “unnecessary” traffic from busy streets.

What we need are smarter design for city access, robotic driving and parking. Certainly, what NO ONE needs are millions of tiny electric or gas-powered vehicles.

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes these things clutter escalators, elevators, streets and even offices pointlessly. I thought mass transit could be more beneficial, but this doesn’t work, either. Most people have one or two destinations in mind. If they can reach those automatically and with zero-delay on an on-demand or have those locations reach them, that will serve.

Changing vehicle behavior to make the vehicle an extension of the driver…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes …also serves. It’s not that vehicles are large, it’s that they are poorly designed so the driver cannot see what is immediately in front of the vehicle. This is also true for trucks, many busses and other vehicles so trying to make SUVs take the fall is just bullshit.

What the video should have stated is that we have come a far distance with automobiles and now require better smarter vehicles, faster…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes AUTOMATED access to busy city streets, vehicle behavior attuned to their environments.

That may mean we file a flight plan for busy cities, like pilots do for busy or restricted areas. Or for simple safety. The automated systems then control the vehicle as they approach a managed spaces. In my case, I’d be dropped off for work and my vehicle can go home, go to a parking area or employ itself usefully…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes driving others around via automated Uber or Lyft. When I am ready to leave, the managed space controller schedules the vehicle to pick me up.

Claiming the vehicle size or classification is a dodge, just a nonsesnse code to try to eliminate vehicles over a ridiculous argument based on size. Nonsense! Why not just claim that cherry red convertibles driven by gorgeous, big-boobed blondes are too distracting and…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes cause unnecessary deaths? Or beige corvettes are so boring that yawning caused the death? It’s completely arbitrary.

Make the vehicle smarter. Design and build better, smarter roads, install automated systems to manage the space. Require a planned entry and exit system for all vehicles.

This video only succeeded in making me want an SUV because of the internal space would make my driving experience…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes signicantly more enjoyable. I’ll certainly never vote to remove these vehicles based on false and misleading argumentation in this video. In fact, if I could bring a large school bus daily into the city, I’d do that.

This entire topic is complete crap. The arguments are entirely arbitrary and false and serve only to obfuscate real problems with false blame and false solutions.

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes oh, yeah, and stop telling me it’s impossible to air-condition the entire New York City subway system when we just spent $10B on one fucking station.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes The problem is not really heat - in fact just creating some basic tunnel airflow would solve that...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes air conditioning is more than moving heat. It controls humidity. Hence, the conditioning part. Moving air flow just replaces moist air with more wet air. The city is by the sea.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes so you know it's futile to A/C stuff by virtue of said tunnels not being airtight...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes not at all. It’s an objection that doesn’t hold, like your other arbitrary discussion here.

Houses, theaters, enormous shopping malls and other subway systems are no more airtight than the common home or apartment.

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes and yeah, the problem is heat, as well as moisture.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes I think that's #Solutionism as it's worst aka. #TechnoSolutionism when simple design changes would make shit inherently safer...

The only child that could hide in front of my car would be a toddler hugging the front grill...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes it still does not solve the problem. The behavior of the vehicle is the issue, not the size of the vehicle is the problem.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes OFC reducing the need to drive is more important.

Allowing people to #WorkRemote and #WorkFromHome is key...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes not reducing the need to drive - that economic engine is a vast powerhouse for the economy. Say, rather, reduce the negative fallout of driving. The pollution, the delays, all the deaths.

Say that, while multiplying mobility of the individual.

I don’t disagree from work from home. There is no reason to a pointless office commute. But I compketely disagree with the rest at a foundational level because every…

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes solution merely moves the problem. It does not address the foundational problems. We address those and the rest falls away.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes OFC, and that means enabling more people to #WorkFromHome (which necessitates building #FTTB and #FTTH inevitably!), building #WalkableCities, #BikingInfrastructure and #PublicTransport.

Not to mention that we see #DeliveryServices to get more and more adopted and offered beyond #TakeOut and #Groceries and this will pnly increase as #Retail fails to deliver #AddedValue to justify it's existance for more and more occasions...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes this fails to address the real problem utterly.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes depens....

There's a reason why #SuperUselessVehicles are basically nonexistant in #Europe and instead we see either #Boxtruck|s, #StationWagon|s, #Van|s and rarely some flatbed truck...

The few #PickUp|s I saw were almost exclusively used by some contractors i.e. Gardeners who use them to haul some bags of dirt, Sand, Gravel or bushes and hedges to customers and throw dirty shovels on...

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes consider #PublicTransport as a solution:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACXaFyB_-8s

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes
Or even better: #PublicTransport so convenient noone wants a car (see #Tokyo, #Hongkong and #Singapore)...

OFC efficient taxi/riksha services can complement that (see #Bangkok) and for a lot of small deliveries, bikes and scooters make more sense than cars (see #Cologne and #Saigon)...

If anything is more convenient than a #car, noone.wants to have it anyway unless they have no option whatsoever (see #Netherlands)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k via @notjustbikes

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes this just confirms what I said earlier. Bikes and bike parking are not awesome solutions to anything. It merely moves the problem it fails to solve.

@piratero @DrTCombs @notjustbikes depends...

Even the biggest #CargoBike takes less space than the smallest cars!

And replacing car parking.for a single.vehicle for 6-8+ bike spots is increasing efficiency of the space used...

@kkarhan @DrTCombs @notjustbikes again, nonsense. This solves nothing. Go back an read what posted.

@Jessica @DrTCombs > a normal 5’8 person
> 5'8
> normal