eviltoast
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
boredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago

Blind woman says quiet electric cars are dangerous, would need louder cars (because we don't actually have walkable cities...)

www.bbc.com

external-link
message-square
102
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • fuckcars@lemmy.world
206
external-link

Blind woman says quiet electric cars are dangerous, would need louder cars (because we don't actually have walkable cities...)

www.bbc.com

boredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ca · 1 month ago
message-square
102
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • fuckcars@lemmy.world
Blind Swindon guide dog owner says quiet electric cars 'dangerous'
www.bbc.com
external-link
Guide dog owner Maisy McAdam said EVs need to be "louder" and have a "more distinctive" sound.
  • boredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.netOP
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    1 month ago

    Name 3 other constant sound sources. Construction does not count.

    • m4xie@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 month ago

      Hooves on cobblestone

      Barkers hawking their wares

      Knife grinders

      • boredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.netOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 month ago

        What about bards that woo young maiden?

    • jumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 month ago

      the wind on the skyscrapers, car horns, airplanes

    • CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 month ago

      Air conditioners, commercial refrigerators and transformers. If you interpreted this as an attack on your ideology that was a mistake it actually was an attack on your intellectual integrity.

      • boredsquirrel (he)@slrpnk.netOP
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 month ago

        Those things arent very loud lol

        • CovfefeKills@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          3
          ·
          1 month ago

          False

Fuck Cars@lemmy.ca

fuckcars@lemmy.ca

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !fuckcars@lemmy.ca

Your hub for collection of materials that contribute to a world with less car ownership. Including buses, motorcycles, bicycles, skateboards, longboards, scooters, hoverboards, e-scooters, pedestrians, walking, running.

Learn
  • AboutHere - Videos to understand your city better. Creator is based out of Vancouver, BC.
  • NotJustBikes - Stories of successful and not so successful urban planning.
  • RMTransit - In-depth analysis of public transit systems around the world.
  • Cycling Fallacies
Basic Rules:
  • be constructive: there is no need of another internet space full of competition, negativity, rage etc.;
  • no bigotry, including racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia, homophobia or xenophobia;
  • be empathic: empathy is more rebellious than a middle finger;
  • no porn and no gore: let’s keep this place easy to manage;
  • no ads / spamming / flooding, we don’t want to buy/consume your commodified ideas;
  • occasional self-promotion by active members is fine.
Chat
  • Matrix
  • Discord
Get Involved
  • Alberta - Alberta Cycling Coalition
    • Edmonton - Bike Edmonton
  • British Columbia - The BC Cycling Coalition
    • Vancouver - HUB Cycling
    • Victoria - Capital Bike
  • Manitoba
    • Winnipeg - Bike Winnipeg
  • Ontario - Share the Road Cycling Coalition
    • Ottawa - Bike Ottawa
    • Toronto - CycleToronto
  • Quebec - Vélo Québec
  • Saskatchewan
    • Saskatoon - Saskatoon Cycles

* message the mods to add any missing local advocacy groups.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 6 users / day
  • 14 users / week
  • 461 users / month
  • 2.04K users / 6 months
  • 1 local subscriber
  • 1.5K subscribers
  • 344 Posts
  • 1.38K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Kokomheart@lemmy.ca
  • sexy_peach@feddit.de
  • graphito@beehaw.org
  • 𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛@slrpnk.net
  • BE: 0.19.20
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org