Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
Or we could make cars faster and teach people not get in their way.Or we could reduce car usage and place restrictions on them!
Or we could make cars faster and teach people not get in their way.Or we could reduce car usage and place restrictions on them!
Sorry, new to this thread, hadn’t realised you were a parodyOr we could make cars faster and teach people not get in their way.
Try to keep up.Sorry, new to this thread, hadn’t realised you were a parody
In Rutger Bregman’s Humankind, he writes about a study by Dacher Keltner (a psychologist who studies the now-discredited Machiavellian ideas on political philosophy).
In the study, he looked at "the psychological effect of an expensive car":
"Here, the first set of subjects were put behind the wheel of a beat-up Mitsubishi or Ford Pinto and sent in the direction of a crosswalk where a pedestrian was just stepping off the kerb. All the drivers stopped as the law required.
But then in part two of the study, subjects got to drive a snazzy Mercedes. This time 45% failed to stop for the pedestrian. In fact, the more expensive the car, the ruder the road manners. 'BMW drivers were the worst', one of the researchers told the New York Times. (This study has now been replicated twice with similar results.
Observing how the drivers behaved, Keltner eventually realised what it reminded him of. The medical term is 'acquired sociopathy': a non-hereditary antisocial personality disordered, first diagnosed by psychologists in the nineteenth century. It arises after a blow to the head that damages key regions of the brain and can turn the nicest people in the world into the worst kind of Machievellian."
so driving an expensive car turns you into a psychocunt. Well I never.
Those two idea are at odds with each otherOr we could make cars faster and teach people not get in their way.
Was just listening to this
BBC Radio 4 - Positive Thinking, Can we make road deaths a thing of the past?
Sangita Myska meets Matts-Åke Belin who has a vision to eliminate traffic fatalities.www.bbc.co.uk
It's good that certain viewpoints about transport are gradually becoming discussed and presented to a more mainstream audience.
You got any figures for that claim?Volvo have been talking about zero road deaths for years, and they have certainly contributed more to the cause than the car abolitionists and their ilk.
They "certainly have", huh? Sure.Volvo have been talking about zero road deaths for years, and they have certainly contributed more to the cause than the car abolitionists and their ilk.
Jeremy Vine seems to have enraged twatty drivers by saying cyclists shouldn’t ride single file to stop dangerous overtaking - this video’s a shocking advert for just that.
You got any figures for that claim?
Seems to be about zero deaths IN Volvos & seems rather like tobacco companies introducing low tar versions - capping speeds at 112mph!!!
'No Deaths' by 2020: Is Volvo's Audacious Goal Possible?
Volvo has a goal is to have no fatalities in its vehicles by 2020. Today, it announced some new ways it plans to accomplish this lofty goal.gearjunkie.com
Presumably this guy’s out stag hunting to need such a huge vehicle in a park…
Yeah, there’ll be the school run too.You realise he probably doesn't only drive it in the park, right?
I doubt he needs that size vehicle for anything tbh.You realise he probably doesn't only drive it in the park, right?
I doubt he needs that size vehicle for anything tbh.
I don't know if you've been following but there's be a big debate about whether through traffic should be allowed in Richmond Park (the answer is no by the way).
No, sorry - it's a park.Of course they should. The only form of transport that has been banned from RP is, quite correctly, cycling, although restrictions on the vile creatures have recently been lifted.
No, sorry - it's a park
Are you suggesting people with disabilities shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it?No, sorry - it's a park.
I know of an architect who rebuilt his cotswold house to handle his handful of Porsches- literally parked next to the living room - you couldn’t tell from the outside, it just looks like a good sized stone house with a sympathetic stone extension and big big foldable glass doors . It can be doneMy car wouldn't.
Shame as my garage is integral to my house and contains five bicycles and a workshop area to service them. Never thought you'd be so anti-bikes, but there we are.
As a through route?Are you suggesting people with disabilities shouldn't be allowed to enjoy it?
You could petition to get a roundabout placed at each end, and make them drive round in circles until the end of time, but I predict a tailback might ensue after a short time.As a through route?
Ah okay, happy to ban all through traffic accept blue badge holders. Glad we agree.You could petition to get a roundabout placed at each end, and make them drive round in circles until the end of time, but I predict a tailback might ensue after a short time.
Or you could allow them to drive through slowly and enjoy the scenery on their way, kinda like it is now.
Ah, OK, so it's just people with autism and other non-visible disabilities you wish to discriminate against, and those who don't wish to apply for a blue badge or have been refused one on stupid grounds?Ah okay, happy to ban all through traffic accept blue badge holders. Glad we agree.
Love how people always suddenly care about people with disabilities when their right to drive everywhere is slightly curtailed. We see you.Ah, OK, so it's just people with autism and other non-visible disabilities you wish to discriminate against, and those who don't wish to apply for a blue badge or have been refused one on stupid grounds?
That's rather presumptuous of you. You have no idea who has what ailment or is driving for someone who has.Love how people always suddenly care about people with disabilities when their right to drive everywhere is slight curtailed. We see you.
Well why don't you talk about how we could manage exemptions rather than just using the issue as a reason not to make any restrictions?That's rather presumptuous of you. You have no idea who has what ailment or is driving for someone who has.