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[Yamamura]

What is the difference between a bike and Jason's videos?

Someone would actually want to steal a bike

Jason hates mopeds:

There it is! It was never about cars it was just about banning anything that allows anyone to freely travel too effectively. A moped is basically just a bicycle with a motor fundamentally. Him being against mopeds while praising bicycles shows he's against anything that's too good at being effective. He can't use the same arguments he uses against trucks and cars so he's really grasping at straws here because anything that can be argued against a moped could almost be the same for an e-bike in the same regard.

their movements are hard to predict, and they sometimes also ride on sidewalks and in pedestrian areas

Oh wait, he's not talking about cyclists?

almost all of these mopeds are gasoline-powered, so they are very loud, and there is a constant hum of moped noise on the streets of Taipei.

I wonder how worn this dude's underwear was in high school from people constantly giving him wedgies all the time. Probably didn't give him enough.

 

[McMitch]

Cyclists will do everything they can short of actually stopping their bike at a crossing. Was leaving work the other day, and there's a trail that crosses the exit to the parking lot. I'm turning left, behind the trail while the guy next to me is turning right, between the trail and the road. This cyclist coming by is completely baffled at this, practically running into the other car. In his indignance that this vehicle would dare cross the trail (without actually blocking it mind you), he gives their tail light a faggy little swat as he passes. I try to be sympathetic to bikes since they're basically pedestrians, but every time I give them the benefit of the doubt they immediately give me a reason to hate them totally again.

 

[Bonesjones]

There it is! It was never about cars it was just about banning anything that allows anyone to freely travel too effectively. A moped is basically just a bicycle with a motor fundamentally. Him being against mopeds while praising bicycles shows he's against anything that's too good at being effective. He can't use the same arguments he uses against trucks and cars so he's really grasping at straws here because anything that can be argued against a moped could almost be the same for an e-bike in the same regard.

He just hates engines and loud noises because he's a relentless moronic pussy. That's why he complains about mopeds and not ebikes, when they are fundamentally identical.

When it comes down to it the biggest problem with traffic, mixed use roads or trails is the speed delta. Slower vehicles don't expect things coming from behind them faster than they can process, nor can they accelerate up to normal traveling speed as everything else. It's why interstates have speed minimums and ban non motorized vehicles and pedestrians. Bicycles are highly efficient vehicles compared to normal pedestrian travel methods, but they get absolutely shit on my any motor vehicle. That's why you keep them separated unless you are on slow city streets. The problem is bicyclists are all entitled fuckheads who think everyone should move out of their way.

The mining industry has it absolutely right in that the larger more massive vehicle always has right of way and everything else needs to be more aware of it.

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

The mining industry has it absolutely right in that the larger more massive vehicle always has right of way and everything else needs to be more aware of it.

I have worked summer jobs in a steel factory and right of way was the one of the first things I and other new summer workers had learn. There it was 1. Trains 2. Biggest vehicle 3. Normal road rules. Of course I was also got told what routes we should take to avoid trains and the large vehicles but because situations might arrive it was better to be informed and ready rather have an accident.

I remember it felt kinda unfear to a teenager who had a pretty new license and would be driving a normal van but luckily my instructor was smart enough to explain to us why these rules existed. I was going to follow the rules anyway but it's easier to act right when you understand the spirit of the law. Most of the specialist vehicles were completely new to me and naturally I didn't understand how driving one was different from a regular car. He pointed out that sometimes the large vehicles will have odd unexpected blind sports and have hard time stopping suddenly because all the mass involved. Not only that but they could be carrying extremely dangerous loads that have to be transported in a specific way and aren't allowed to come to a sudden stop because the potential spill is that hazardous. If we chose play chicken with the factory equipment, we had been warned and getting fired would be one of the better outcomes.

 

[Bonesjones]

He pointed out that sometimes the large vehicles will have odd unexpected blind sports and have hard time stopping suddenly because all the mass involved.

I agree with all of it but I just wanted to point out that accident at the Atlanta airport yesterday, which was a smaller plane being at an odd angle to a larger plane and it getting clipped accidently, tearing the small plane in half and doing slight damage to the large plane.

 

[JJLiautaud]

I have worked summer jobs in a steel factory and right of way was the one of the first things I and other new summer workers had learn.

That sounds like a bitchin job

 

[Amber the Hedgehog]

I agree with all of it but I just wanted to point out that accident at the Atlanta airport yesterday, which was a smaller plane being at an odd angle to a larger plane and it getting clipped accidently, tearing the small plane in half and doing slight damage to the large plane.

True but I didn't bother to mention it. I don't think we even got told that because it's kinda obvious when you see a house sized vehicle driving past you and it's a steel factory. There are large stacks, piles and rolls of metal, huge machinery and other sizable hazards than can crush you effortlessly.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

He just hates engines and loud noises because he's a relentless moronic pussy. That's why he complains about mopeds and not ebikes, when they are fundamentally identical.

His "cars are loud, see, my decibel reader says so" schtick would pick up everything else in the air; if it's humid or drizzly sounds are going to be louder.

One of the urbanist trademarks is that they'll excuse anything like loud music through thin walls and blame ALL noise in the city on cars.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

His "cars are loud, see, my decibel reader says so" schtick would pick up everything else in the air; if it's humid or drizzly sounds are going to be louder.

the apple watch has a setting to warn you if you might get hearing damage (something like "decibels are above 90, if you listen to this shit for 30 minutes you will go deaf") and I've had it set off by a swimming pool (the jet from a hot tub triggers it instantly), a kid crying, and even a saw.

I actually have NOT had it warn from traffic, yet.

 

[quaawaa]

the apple watch has a setting to warn you if you might get hearing damage (something like "decibels are above 90, if you listen to this shit for 30 minutes you will go deaf") and I've had it set off by a swimming pool (the jet from a hot tub triggers it instantly), a kid crying, and even a saw.

I actually have NOT had it warn from traffic, yet.

I have had it warn me on a subway though. NYC’s are 85-90 dB inside the train, louder outside.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

I have had it warn me on a subway though. NYC’s are 85-90 dB inside the train, louder outside.

This reminds me that the faggots have a real good motte and bailey around trains. They take the Eurostar or whatever it is, or even long-distance Amtrak, and talk about how wonderful it is, and then you get a fucking subway.

In meme form for the zoomzooms:

 

[LaxerBRO]

This reminds me that the faggots have a real good motte and bailey around trains. They take the Eurostar or whatever it is, or even long-distance Amtrak, and talk about how wonderful it is, and then you get a fucking subway.

In meme form for the zoomzooms:

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The reason why Eurostar or even Amtrak is nicer than city wide mass transit is because of fare enforcement. Something these individuals are mostly against.

 

[Meriasek]

The reason why Eurostar or even Amtrak is nicer than city wide mass transit is because of fare enforcement. Something these individuals are mostly against.

Dunno about that, the metro in my city is in very good condition despite there not even being turnstiles. The issue is more down to who uses it.

 

[Dev_S]

This reminds me that the faggots have a real good motte and bailey around trains. They take the Eurostar or whatever it is, or even long-distance Amtrak, and talk about how wonderful it is, and then you get a fucking subway.

In meme form for the zoomzooms:

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I have a disdain for trains since the times I had to rely on them for commuting and the sheer number of hours lost standing on a platform due to every excuse under the sun. God help you if you have connections. These are heckin wholesome inner city european carriers too.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Dunno about that, the metro in my city is in very good condition despite there not even being turnstiles. The issue is more down to who uses it.

"Fare enforcement" is racist dogwhistle for "no niggers/homeless". You can keep a mass transit system clean and nice without fare enforcement in niggertown but you basically have to hire a janitor/cop per car.

 

[The Jewel of the Nile]

I have a disdain for trains since the times I had to rely on them for commuting and the sheer number of hours lost standing on a platform due to every excuse under the sun.

Same here. A couple years back, when I didn't have a car, I was visiting family in a small city and was planning on returning on Sunday. Planned route- an hour long train ride from small city to the big city, 40 minute wait, a ~4 hour train ride from the big city to my big city; every to planned well with enough time to grab some coffee, maybe eat something, plus I'd be home around 9pm. So everything is perfect, right?
Well, it would be if the first train ride actually took an hour instead of TWO HOURS. By the time I arrive to the city my second train is nowhere to be seen. The next connection? At mf 1 AM. And they didn't even dim the lights.
Those times I just hop on a highway and get to my destination much faster (even with occasional traffic jams). I'm comfortable, in a good mood and always on time. Fuck trains.
Edit. I almost forgot- when I finally reached my destination at around 4 am I was greeted by an ad for next year's european year of rail or some shit. Seemed like a cruel joke at the time.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Those times I just hop on a highway and get to my destination much faster (even with occasional traffic jams). I'm comfortable, in a good mood and always on time. Fuck trains.

That's the real problem with all these transit systems - even planes. You either need direct connections (so you either miss the train/plane at home, or get to where you're going) or you need so many that missing one isn't a big deal (10-15 minutes for a commuter, about an hour for long distance, I'd say).

I've had roadtrips where the vehicle died horribly at 8PM, and we were on our way in a rental car, having towed the dead car to a shop, and taken a taxi to the airport to rent, by midnight.

You only need to fail one connection out of ... a hundred or so to feel that the trains are unreliable and shitty.

 

[quaawaa]

Jason is mad that there isn't a "No Cars" emoji:

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The hilarious thing is that it likely got rejected because they didn't argue that it should be included because it reflects a real world sign like the other "No Sign" emojis, but rather that it would be used by urbanists in political arguments:




They couldn't stop their sperging for 10 seconds to get something they wanted. We're very lucky that they're extremely stupid and autistic and therefore unable to convince anyone of anything.

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He also hates free video platforms:

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[Xarpho's Return]

That's the real problem with all these transit systems - even planes. You either need direct connections (so you either miss the train/plane at home, or get to where you're going) or you need so many that missing one isn't a big deal (10-15 minutes for a commuter, about an hour for long distance, I'd say).

I've had roadtrips where the vehicle died horribly at 8PM, and we were on our way in a rental car, having towed the dead car to a shop, and taken a taxi to the airport to rent, by midnight.

You only need to fail one connection out of ... a hundred or so to feel that the trains are unreliable and shitty.

No one talks about connections and transfer times in the urban-sphere, it may as well not exist. That's why bus commute takes easily twice as long as commuting by car; it's not that the bus is particularly slow, it's that buses have only one direction with narrow windows to get on and off. If you can get to your destination in a straight line, that's great, but many people don't have that luxury.

I've brought this up before but that's one reason why the Houston light rail was initially so successful, once you parked in the P&R and boarded the train, the path of the train was literally right where employment centers were, so you could walk a block or two to the hospitals or a downtown office building or whatever.

That's also the issue with freeways; just because cars travel along the road doesn't mean all the destinations are near it, so "replacing" the freeway with a rail is useless. Even now, when urbanists draw out their "dream metro" map it's usually a spaghetti of various colored lines that would make trying to actually commute there a nightmare (and that's assuming all trains run all the time; they don't). Assuming a near-unlimited budget as these dream maps often are, a simple grid of a bunch of parallel lines overlaid on geographical latitude/longitude would be simple and elegant, requiring no more than one mid-trip transfer. That wouldn't satisfy their autism, though.

 

[Apple Porcupine]

Jason admits he's just deliberately making rage-bait at this point:

I've compared his attitude to "old man yells at cloud" in the past but seeing him lay it out so plainly like this is kind of fascinating. He doesn't care about making cities better or improving anyone's quality of life, hell even the nebulous goal of healing the planet is foregone. He just wants to piss people off that he doesn't like.

And this bitterness comes entirely from his complete and total failure when attempting to convince local governments to implement his batshit ideas and was rightfully told to kick rocks.

If he ever tried saying anything he's said online to an average American (or Canadian for that matter) we all know how it'd go.

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