frostbiker

Don't mind me in the corner with a grin on my face, watching the green party gaining traction 👉👍

Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. [...] We need something like STV or MMPR

STV is one of many voting systems based on ranked ballots.

At least they didn't use the victim-blaming language news outlets often use for pedestrians and cyclists: "Tanning shop struck in accident wasn't wearing a helmet". No mention of the driver, the car, who had the right of way, who was speeding, etc.

Well said, they will happily sacrifice the wellbeing of other people if that buys them just a little bit of convenience to themselves.

Require vehicle safety standards to test for pedestrian and cyclist survivability first and foremost.

Require a commercial license to drive large and/or heavy vehicles such as pickup trucks. Take it away when a driver gets caught driving unsafely.

Require vehicles to provide better visibility through the windshield, like Europe does.

Design street lanes to be narrow and winding, so that drivers intuitively choose to drive at speeds that are safe for people outside the vehicle. Raise pedestrian crossings at the same level as the sidewalk so that drivers habitually slow down when they see a crossing.

In other words, value the safety of the people outside the vehicle above the speed and convenience of the drivers.

Ok, that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for clarifying. Do you know who chooses that?

It's my understanding that pilots don't get to choose their callsigns. Instead, it's their teammates who choose them, which is why they are often jokes at the expense of the pilot. E.g. the callsign of Ewan McGregor's brother was OB-2.

And not just build up: also allow businesses in the ground floor and basements. A residential-only neighborhood where you can't do basic stuff like buying groceries, bringing your kids to the nursery, or going to a cafe/restaurant isn't a great place to live without a car either.

I believe you should be free to do whatever you like, so long as it does not impact others

I am deeply offended by that statement. It has profoundly impacted my emotional wellbeing. Please be consequent with your own words and delete your comment.

We need to transition out thinking from "personal responsibility", which essentially puts the blame on individual people as if we existed in a vacuum, to "how can we improve the system so that this is less likely to happen in the future?". This applies to all sorts of societal issues, from homelessness, to pedestrian/cyclist deaths, to obesity.

Indeed, they shouldn't get special treatment. That is, their health needs should be addressed just like anybody else's, and not be discriminated against.

lol how to identify a dude on the Internet

Is that the best argument you can put forth against what I'm saying? I can give you some more ammunition: I'm queer, disabled, atheist, an immigrant and vote green. Or perhaps those are collectives that you don't feel comfortable discriminating openly.