• Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    4 days ago

    Cars have crumple zones. Nobody would be hurt, and it would prevent pedestrians from being hurt in the future.

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      4 days ago

      Except for the fact that people sometimes get seriously injured in 15 mph accidents all the time

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      4 days ago

      you realize that not everyone is as healthy/strong as the average man. do you really want an elderly person or a chronically ill person subjected to a head on collision ?

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        3 days ago

        If they don’t want to smash into things, they can drive to the conditions. Their cars have lights, it’s just a matter of using them properly by driving at an appropriate speed.

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          2 days ago

          the ‘conditions’ dont include a maniac camouflaging dangerous objects to purposely make innocent people crash.

          • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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            2 days ago

            If they didn’t smash into the bin, then sooner or later they’d risk smashing people instead. Drag would rather bins be run over than people. They won’t be innocent when their reckless driving gets someone killed.

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              1 day ago

              Actually, I agree! We should also shoot dead drug users and lowlifes… otherwise they’re going to hurt someone eventually!

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              /s

              • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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                1 day ago

                Letting reckless drivers run over a bin won’t cause any deaths unless they’re going fast enough to turn a pedestrian into red paint. For all real world cases, it’ll simply be a bit of self-inflicted property damage.

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                  1 day ago

                  okay. i suppose a more similar comparison would be the police distributing laced weed (or other drugs, if weed is legal where u live). it only hurts the druggies who are reckless enough to take drugs, right ?

                  you are also forgetting the fact that a painted bin will still be an inconvenience for the well-intentioned driver. you arent making it better for them. you are only making it detrimental to those who dont react in time.

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                    1 day ago

                    It’ll be better for responsible drivers. They can just drive around it easily once they see it, and they won’t have to share the road with reckless drivers, because the reckless drivers will have cars with smashed fronts. That’s a few seconds in exchange for possibly saving their lives.

                    And it’s not the same as laced weed, because smoking weed doesn’t hurt anyone, and laced weed does. Reckless driving kills people, and black brick bins don’t. It’s the opposite way around.