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Comment Re:Maybe stick to the speed limit? (Score 1) 196

How is a deaf child in a residential area any different than any other child? They're deaf, not fucking blind. They aren't any more likely than any other child to run into the middle of the road. Also, the sign literally means nothing, it's informational only like a sign warning of "falling rocks" in the mountains, the sign does not direct me to do anything differently. I'm already doing the residential speed limit and I already assume a child could appear at any time in residential areas. I don't need a sign to warn me of that possibility. And I definitely don't need a sign about someone else's disability that has no impact on anything I'm doing or going to do.

Dumbass parents love false senses of security and that's all the sign is.

Comment Re:Maybe stick to the speed limit? (Score 1) 196

No signage at all?

Preferably as little as possible. Street name signs are fine.

How many 6-year-olds near schools would that kill?

Probably no different than now.

No "deaf child" warnings?

This sign is literally useless. A child being deaf is completely irrelevant to a driver. Nor does it provide a driver with any instruction. Nor should the child (any child) be that close to or in the street for any reason.

Driving is a right deriving from the right of liberty

Absolutely not. Driving is a privilege because driving is something that must be earned. A license (of any sort) is literally a form of privilege to do whatever the license allows you to do.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 2) 188

Notice how all of the luxuries have dramatically come down in price, while the cost of essentials like home ownership and healthcare, has become unreachable for many. Appendectomy for example, costed about $400 in the 1950's, which is about 30 days of income. Today it costs about $20,000, which is closer to 80 days of average income.

You're also not being completely honest with some of the characterizations. Lead paint was common, but not because they couldn't afford better or safer paint. They simply thought lead paint was better. We might find out that some of the things we use today, such as non-stick pans, are very harmful as well. It has nothing to do with affordability. A uncoated stainless steel pan is the same price.

Comment Re:Maybe stick to the speed limit? (Score 1) 196

No, what you say is not at all true. People can afford cars

No, they can't. Not if they're as poor as you suggest.

alternatives to cars are often prohibitively expensive.

No, they aren't.

Driving is not optional for most of the country

Yes, it is. At least in terms of "needing" your own personal vehicle.

especially in rural places where they grow food

Farms, as they are called, needs vehicles, sure, but also farmhands earn at least $15, or more, an hour. They are not that poor.

Also, most real jobs, like growing food, cannot be done remotely.

Technically true, but barely. 40% of all jobs in the US can be done from home. Plenty of those jobs are just as real as farming.

Comment Re:Maybe stick to the speed limit? (Score 1) 196

income tax

Which they get back, plus extra, at refund time.

health insurance

Unless they get it from their job, or some other source, they probably just skip this entirely.

For your example, that person wouldn't be able to afford a car to begin with, so they're already depending on busses, ride shares, or rides from friends/coworkers.

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