Right, because I apparently said that if a pedestrian is not in the crosswalk, the motorist has every right to mow the pedestrian down. No I didn't. We have very specific laws here. Walk with the walk sign, Don't walk when it tells you to stop.

While it is great good fun to go digital on this, where you support mowing people down - it isn't like that - it's not like that at all. If a driver purposely mows a pedestrian down, they will be charged and convicted with vehicular homicide, which in PA usually nets you a prison sentence

And the pedestrians (and bicyclists for that matter) are issued jaywalking citations every day here, some delivered to a hospital.

In your legal opinion - who is at fault if the pedestrian walks against the light, and walks into a car that is legally driving? NOt uncommon in the age of smartphone addiction. We also have drunk pedestrians who stumble out on the road.

There needs to be rules and accountability. And there are very specific ones at least here in PA. What's more, they work. I doubt there are many people who want to hit a pedestrian under any circumstances, but without following the rules, it's just chaos.

Then they aren't very handy

Colleges are like that here as well. Students just walk right out without looking. There is a busy road cutting through one sde of campus, the powers that be have made a lot of notices to the kids that walking against the lights is really dangerous, and they should observe a different approach to crossing heavy traffic.

Yeah, it is pretty extreme. Now tell us if the pedestrian's life is more important than the driver of the car. If your important pedestrian is wlking down th emiddle of a mountain road, and a driver comes along, and the only recourse is to drive off a cliff, likely killing the driver - is that the desired outcome?

And don't claim that unlikely - no more ridiculous than the pedestrian walking in 100 degree heat to a crosswalk,

Trying to paint me as someone who supports killing children is outlandish. I do not, but since you went there - let me know if a driver should commit suicide to avoid harming a pedestrian - since you are in the accusatory mood, determine a and post who's life is to take priority.

That link in your sig is tremendous. A flamethrower of truth to the infantalized and fragile pseudo adults who might claim to be inclusive, but are more sexist and racist than any other group to date. They merely consider a different "race" and sex as worthy of attacking and diminishment if not outright . elimination.

The infantilization is interesting - my best example is a conversation with one of our Gender studies indoctrination sexual harassment women who told me that anything a woman considers sexual harassment is considered sexual harassment, and a fireable offense. Her example was if I as a man told a woman that I liked her earrings. Just one example, but telling that strong independent women in their ascendancy can be traumatized and damaged by such a statement - which is just weird - who among us had thought to comment on earrings as a sexual advance?

Infantilized indeed and a dictatorial demand to stomp any disagreement, and eventually the enemy just shuts up and let's them find something else to be triggered about. The list is getting bigger.

The west

Especially the USA

Males in general

The worst males - of a particular skin tone

We live in an age where people can claim that old white men are all racist and sexist, completely unironically, without realizing that they are 100 percent ageist, sexist, and racist. Watch the reaction to this post.

I spent a career watching Universities, once a place of vibrant interactions between differing, become a place demanding unquestioned intolerance of those who do not hold their outlook.

I forgot to add - Trigger Warning!

And it is amazing that it took this far down the comments for someone to post that truth! I know I'm a cynical shit, but reading the story, that's the first conclusion I drew as well.

Seems pretty simple. Attach a 110 db horn to EV's and have it running full time. Since we have an epidemic of EV's killing people, seems like the only way to go.

As well, have them sense the sound level around them, and if there is say a cement mixer, they can elevate the sound level to be as high as that. My cars aren't EV, but they are pretty quiet, we should mandate loud sirens on all vehicles.

Yup. At lights here in PA, we have walk/do not walk lights, and often audio telling them to wait or walk.

The concept of pedestrians always having the right of way ends up causing issues. Here in my college town, one of the biggest problems in that respect is pedestrians walking against the light and walking into a car.

Running into someone, and blaming the person you ran into is lunacy. That being the case, yeah, the pedestrian gets a citation.

This. The mental inertia of the ICEV people has them at this point, looking for anything as the death of EV's, and a golden age of internal combustion vehicles ushered in, with apparently unlimited fuel that will power these things forever, no need for battery powered cars.

They said that the battery packs will die out quickly, and will render the EVs worthless, that charging rapidly will kill them.

They said that the EVs catch on fire - well no kidding - while they forgot that ICEVs catch fire every day.

Now, that EVs are killers because.. they.. are.. too quiet! They are running out of excuses at this point.

Meanwhile, just like solar and wind power, we are plugging along, and they can hate on them all they want, it isn't going to stop the progress.

Get enough schools to use it, then switch to a subscription model.

My my my, First you're disappoint in me and you finish it up with a hearty "Fuck you"

Have a nice day, I'll discuss things with people who want to discuss things, not tell a person they disagree with some profanity.

That kinda reflects on you and your discussion ability when you do that. Good day, sir.

Yes, for all the hand wringing, the battery packs are pretty darned robust.

And it is amazing how many people do zero maintenance on their ICEV's

We have more people living older before they die, but we haven't actually extended lifespan, only the average age at death.There are no 200 year old people, and I doubt there will be. Lots of things like bones are not designed to live those sort of spans. We wear them out. Shoulders, knees, hips, titanium people.

Even so, have you spent much time around Nursing homes? A lotta people there that cry all day long. But fear not, their doctors prescribe them more pills to keep them crying longer.

Anyhow, if you want to be chemically propped up until you experience proton decay, than that's cool with me. I have no intention of being the healthiest person in the nursing home.

So it depends on who ya talk to.

For various definitions of fair, I suppose.

And the present trend of massive fines for businesses in the USA that have committed the sin of making money might keep the taxes down a bit for the citizens. That probably seems fair.

There are differing definitions though, and there are some like me who believe that regulations in and of themselves are innocent, the EU uses them way too much in the name of "fairness" https://www.wsj.com/economy/eu... .

In the end, yes, I do believe that many in the EU want the government to protect them from the evil du jour, like Apple's insufferable smartphone connector.

And personalized adverts are apparently something that needs regulated. Ireland is (or was) planning on suing the EU for regulatory overreach https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bu... .

It's just one of those things - it will not be possible for you to accept my opinion because the USA is not comprehensible for many who like the regulations. And I can understand the desire of some people to always be protected by government force. But It is possible to overdo it, there is the dividing line.