Hawk comments on The entitlement of some Ontario drivers is absolutely astonishing. They are fully aware that you are breaking the law by going 15% over the speed limit. And yet they victimize themselves?

The entitlement of some Ontario drivers is absolutely astonishing. They are fully aware that you are breaking the law by going 15% over the speed limit. And yet they victimize themselves? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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"I hate these damn bike lanes. Screw your studies. I'm not reading that"

"Cut gas taxes. I see no reason why I should pay to support public transit"

"Fuck speed limits. I'm proud to break the law"

This sense of entitlement is insane.

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

20 minutes vs a human life. Fucking pathetic to even consider...

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[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

There is, sadly, a tradeoff between safety and efficiency. If we truly valued safety above everything, we'd ban cars altogether and return to the 1800s. But we have accepted as a society that a small number of accidents is worth the benefit of rapid transportation.

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[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

There are other places that still use cars and have way safer roads than us. We are accepting half assed safety because thats been the status quo in north america for decades.

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[–] timberwolf1021@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. We could learn quite a bit from Germany, for example.

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