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Was it really necessary to stop and hold up traffic just for this picture though?
ban cars
Been there before. We recently had a semi truck tip and spill thousands of frozen French fries across all lanes of the highway. They closed it completely down for hours. People were literally reversing on the highway to back up to the nearest exit. It was terrible
See, as much as I hate Texas and especially TXDOT, I will give it props for it’s access roads that run alongside the interstates. Stuff gets too backed up, folks can just drive over the grass to the access road. It’ll back the access road up, too, but it’ll be moving, at least. Hell, out in west Texas you can see where the locals have made their own exit because the nearest one is a 10+ mile drive out of the way.
I find it more infuriating that there is usually no other option than traffic. If only there was a long distance mode of transit that wasn’t prone to frequent traffic and collision
If only there was a long distance mode of transit that wasn’t prone to frequent traffic and collision
If you’re in the US, even trains won’t help. De/under-regulation means there are over a thousand collisions and/or rail failures every year. Even if passenger trains were given priority, the lax safety and maintenance standards allowed on freight lines would cause monumental delays.
Just wait until you realize there used to be a train to every town, including every single small town.
We had the passenger train networks, it was what built the country, but now it is gone.
It’s still there. The track network at least. Hasn’t been updated either.
Many crossings have been paved over
Traffic jams would be a whole lot less damaging if they were all electric. Just sitting there with the AC and radio on is a whole lot less emissions compared to fossil fuels.
That’s true, but electric cars won’t fix the core issue of car dependency and massive traffic jams
The two issues I have with current EVs is you can’t work on them and they don’t last as long as gas vehicles.
I have a old suburu and it still runs fine
Its also worth remembering there is a lot less maintenance to do on an EV. No oil to change, lubes to replace, belts that break…
Besides the batteries, an EV car should last longer than a gas car.
It doesn’t though. Electric cars full of DRM
DRM… which makes you need to replace belts, and oil?
I didn’t say they were easier to work on, just lower maintenance. On my gas car i need to change the oil ever 6 months. You dont need to do that with an EV.
They have the same components except the engine, but they weigh more and the batteries dont last as long as a well maintained engine. EV cars should not last as long.
They have the same components except the engine
- Transmission (usually larger and more expensive than the engine)
- Exhaust, muffler and catalytic converter
- Gas tank, fuel pump and vapor hose
- Ignition coil(s), spark plugs, oil pump, intake and exhaust manifolds and fuel injectors
- Fucking belts
- CV joints, differentials and transfer case (I think)
I prefer a rock solid public transport system, and plenty of safe walking areas and no-car zones. EVs help minimally in the grand scheme, since they are costly to produce, especially the batteries.
Good luck with that, though. If this is America, and I think it is, we find ways of making a good public transit system suck. I also think we need to take a hard look at how our towns and cities are desined as well, and make them to where they’re optimized to be able to drive into a central location then bicycle or hoof it to whrever you wanted to go within a couple miles.
Yea, that only works for cities. America will still need tons of cars for everywhere that isn’t a city. It’s a very low density country, all things considered.
Which won’t happen especially in car first cities. I am in Michigan, it’s the home of the automobile and everything is built around it. To accommodate a good mass transit they would need to demolish large portions of the cities to install rail lines because busses are a lack luster bandage. Even with cities with great bus lines like Lansing or Ann Arbor it still can take hours for a trip across the city when a car gets you there and back in minutes. Business will also need to accommodate and give longer time off for doctors appointments. My wife rides the bus often in Lansing and if she has a appointment that is only a 10min car ride she is gone for 3 hours on the bus.
To accommodate a good mass transit they would need to demolish large portions of the cities to install rail lines because busses are a lack luster bandage.
I mean, we did that for cars, and it only made things worse
I don’t know if this counts as “mildly” infuriating, I’d be freaking OUT with a traffic jam that long, especially if I had somewhere to be at a certain time!
Wait, this is long? This looks like regular traffic to me…
Not from any large city in America, are you?
Any large city period.
Seriously, I live in The Netherlands which is the size of a post stamp, even we cannot make public transport work (especially outside of the larger cities), thus we also have to deal with traffic jams. All the comments of the “Fuck Cars” community are quite ignorant on the issue that public transport can only work efficiently in cities, not to connect rural areas to those cities.
Back in 2017 or whatever that North American solar eclipse was, I drove down to Bend Oregon to view it. After, there was bumper to bumper traffic almost the whole way north, back to Seattle, WA. There was literal bumper to bumper traffic from Bend, OR to Issaquah, WA. That was almost 350 miles and took basically an entire day. It was horrible having to pee on the side of the road in bumper to bumper traffic in the middle of nowhere. Protip? Don’t try to drink the Gatorade just to have a pee bottle.
You may as well declare that your permanent address. It’s where you live now. May as well try and find happiness where you are.
You’ll meet friends there, settle in, maybe get married and have some kids, grow old and retire to the back seat, having lived a rich and full life.
In a few generations, the fact that the cars can move will only be a children’s story, and eventually forgotten altogether.
My brother in Christ you are the traffic
I’m sure one more lane will fix it.
They’ll just block the other lane while they do it lol
Speaking of which, is there a r/fuckcars equivalent over here?
Also /c/citylife@beehaw.org. In a sense. Somehow they had the bright idea to also invite car fans. That’s not going to cause any issues at all, no it certainly won’t.
You can be a car guy/car fan and still recognize that cars don’t belong into city centers and that trains are objectively better for mass transit. Both should exist.
Public transport for the win :D
Trust me bro, just one more lane
because trains are too expensive or something
“AMErIcA iS TOo bIg!”
“HaRDwoRkINg AmERIcANs!”
“ThE goVeRNmENt!”
Random nonsense copium go!
Trains are ANTIQUATED, bro. Cars are the future, you can’t be a rugged individual on a TRAIN.
you dropped this “/s”
Fuck fuckcars
Fuck yeah! Fuckcars
this is disgusting… !fuckcars@lemmy.ml
Did you stop there and cause a traffic jam to get this beautiful picture?
Plot twist: photographer is the first car inthee lane
One more lane would fix this!
Let’s make it ten just to be safe.
Nah lets just stagnate the minimum wage so nobody can afford a car.
