FlashMobOfOne comments on 36-year old woman and unborn baby killed riding ebike on Pershing Drive in Playa del Rey, where bike lanes removed in 2017

36-year old woman and unborn baby killed riding ebike on Pershing Drive in Playa del Rey, where bike lanes removed in 2017 (bikinginla.com)

submitted 9 months ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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Sadly, that’s exactly where bike lanes were installed in 2017 after a years-long community process, only to be removed following complaints from drivers used to zooming along the street.

It’s impossible to know whether this tragedy could have been prevented if the bike lanes were still there. But their removal will almost certainly mean Los Angeles will be liable for her death.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago* (10 children)

That's maybe what I hate most about this country.

Freedom is equated with convenience, and absolutely nothing is allowed to come between a person and their convenience, or it is felt as a breach of their liberty, even if it is a significant public good. (Hence why we saw so much fighting during COVID.)

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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 6 points 9 months ago

It seems to me - as an overseas observer - that the balance of power between grown-ups and adult-aged-toddlers is unhealthily shifted towards the toddlers.

I mean it's pretty bad in plenty of other places, but the usa seems to have it extreme and widespread. At least based on what things like this internet forum reports.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

It's convenient to live in a walkbake city. People oppose that all the time.

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