Social-right can be quite attractive if all the “left” has to offer is neoliberal BS…

Switching to a pedal assist bike could help with the range of you are open to expending some of your own energy.

Imagine we all pooled our resources to fund medical research through taxes only for private companies to exploit the technology and jack up the prices…

A brain implant for rich people isn’t necessarily “for us”.

I think OP was referring to HGVs and not pickups.

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As a frequent train passenger, I’m not overly concerned.

Seems a bit too weak to derail, probably only delay.

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Or focus on the non-invasive form of this technology.

Dog on the table, wtf!?

Nice painting though.

That’s just the price we have to pay for this wonderful capitalist system. Worth it!

It’s not that I look forward to rain-pants days, but it’s really not so tragic…

Don’t get me wrong, the primary cars that I share ride on steel wheels :)

I share a couple cars with a few hundred neighbours. Saves a bunch of parking spaces.

It’s been years since they ditched that officially.

Here in NL, you can get a 9 letter/digit code from the app or website to write (or print) on the envelope. For example:

A 8 F

2 C D

5 P V

Only managed to travel to Japan once but really loved walking around. Metros and trains were quite approachable even without a smartphone.

Definitely the most mobile I’d felt without a car at that point in my life!

Damn man, that’s rough.

U-turns are quite a dangerous manoeuvre and really need to be executed properly to ensure safety.

I remember taking my Colorado drivers licence and it wasn’t covered at all in the written/practical exam. I practiced a couple times at traffic lights with a turn arrow with my parents but that was it.

For my Dutch lesson license (we rent a car a few times a year) u-turns and 3-pt turns were covered extensively. How fast you are going and which mirrors you’re checking in which order. They also test these “special manoeuvres” in the practical exam in a very healthy way. The roads also have a lot more medians which helps blunt driver stupidity.

Cars are the worst…

I think a ban would cause more travel by car which is a worse outcome IMO.

However, as a 🦵-biker, I’m not sad about 25 kph speed limiters. At least in the Dutch context.

Can you explain the u-turn scenario?