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This happened last year, but it's a reminder that "stray bullets" (i.e. moving vehicles) are still a danger to everyone.

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that "stray bullets" (i.e. moving vehicles) are still a danger to everyone.

I don't like this expression.

  1. Bullets have relatively low force, that's why kevlar vests are so effective; the stop penetration and spread the force out. Pretty much the only thing you can do when mis-massed against a car is deflection angles; which relies at least partly on the car's design.

  2. Bullets ~~are always~~ should only be fired with intent to kill something. A stray bullet still meets its primordial purpose of killing someone; just not the intended target. The intent of a car is to transport, the fact that it is the primary killer of people aged 1-54 is a perversion of its own intent and a disgrace to transport.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

Bullets are always should only be fired with intent to kill something. A stray bullet still meets its primordial purpose of killing someone; just not the intended target. The intent of a car is to transport, the fact that it is the primary killer of people aged 1-54 is a perversion of its own intent and a disgrace to transport.

Touché.

[–] mrbubblesort@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

True headline should be: "Traffic light that had a bike chained to it in middle of street"

Look, I'm on board with the "fuck cars" movement, but this is a shit article and a shit clickbait headline. No info here other than some random-ass tweet claiming there had been an accident.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No info here other than some random-ass tweet claiming there had been an accident.

I'm assuming you read the article, but it doesn't appear that you did.

Ghost bikes are put up as a reminder of the loss of life in that specific area. Most normal people would see a Ghost Bike and kind of get this slap to the brain to drive like people lives are at stake. The fact that someone in a car crashed into that reminder is the whole irony of the story.

[–] ikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the ghost bikes in my area usually partially block the sidewalk and/or impede maintenance of the infrastructure that is there, making it less safe for everyone. Wish they would stop or find another way.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

We can start by not killing cyclists. No dead cyclists = no ghost bikes.

[–] buckenmuck@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

yeah, im sure the lamppost got up and walked into the road

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Well this is just an article about one. Where I live, many ghost bikes have been hit, memorials repaired or thrown away due to damage.