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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

I'm from the bad old days when kids rode bicycles without helmets or parents.

Two neighborhood kids got creamed by a pickup truck. As a coincidence my family drove past the scene shortly afterwards and I'll never forget the surreal color of blood soaking through the sheets covering their bodies. I'm really glad I didn't know it was my friends when I saw it.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ridiculous, my power to weight ratio is all kinds of fucked up thanks to needless safety devices, and how am I supposed to get good aerodynamics when I'm only allowed to cripple children and not outright murder them when I hit them?!

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 30 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Abandon your futile pursuit of aerodynamics in favor of sheer child-murdering mass.

[–] TheEntity@lemmy.world 55 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Oh come on, they do drive slightly slower around schools. If that's not a sacrifice, I don't know what is.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Nah! Speed limits are just a suggestion!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 28 points 7 hours ago

What do you mean, drivers haven't sacrificed anything? Just think of all the playgrounds that could be turned into parking lots!

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

There definitely should be some things in column B. Those bloodstains aren't easy to get out of the grill, for instance.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 7 points 7 hours ago

Things car drivers see as sacrifices: not allows to roll coal when idling by a school, having to slow down for people to cross the road, sometimes possible parking spaces have bollards in the way.

[–] Equinox1289@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Freedoms are always a balance between two groups and what we culturally consider a harm or undue burden informs where we draw the line. And a lot of cultures right now are pretty autocratic.