bratorange@feddit.org to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEveryone get out of the way, it’s me!!!feddit.orgimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1231arrow-down192
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minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down4·1 month agoMaybe they do it to slow down traffic. It’s clearly a residential area. It could be that speeding is a problem.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoIt’s been tried and tested. Human bodies barely slow a car down. It’s much better to place something solid, like a concrete block
minus-squareFireRetardant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoPart of the problems is humans won’t damage the paint on the cars. You want drivers to slow down, make them worry about their paint tends to be more effective than making them worry about hitting a pedestrian.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoJust fill your pockets with balloons full of brake fluid. That way when someone hits you their car gets covered in brake fluid, ruining the paint job.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI was assuming a rational driver who would slow down to avoid hitting people.
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoUsing a human body as traffic calming is psycho mode zoning use change
Maybe they do it to slow down traffic. It’s clearly a residential area. It could be that speeding is a problem.
It’s been tried and tested. Human bodies barely slow a car down. It’s much better to place something solid, like a concrete block
Part of the problems is humans won’t damage the paint on the cars. You want drivers to slow down, make them worry about their paint tends to be more effective than making them worry about hitting a pedestrian.
Just fill your pockets with balloons full of brake fluid. That way when someone hits you their car gets covered in brake fluid, ruining the paint job.
I was assuming a rational driver who would slow down to avoid hitting people.
Using a human body as traffic calming is psycho mode zoning use change