cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30050658

“They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.

Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes?

I heard that Etobicoke’s NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.

  • aramis87
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    872 months ago

    vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.

    How about you get rid of your giant fuckass titan-sized SUV for a more reasonable car, and then you won’t have to worry about being too fat-assed to fit?

    • @FireRetardant
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      232 months ago

      Or slow down to drive closer to the bollards more safely. But to be honest, our wide lanes have corrupted drivers, many don’t feel comfortable or competent at all navigating their cars in tight spaces. I still know people who avoid revsering at all costs because they don’t really know how to. Some of the driving i see in tighter areas like parking lots makes me question how the hell the driver even got a lisence.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 month ago

        Some of the driving i see in tighter areas like parking lots makes me question how the hell the driver even got a lisence.

        The practical portion of the test I took to get my license was a joke. You could take your test anywhere at at any time of the day so you could schedule the test for 10am in a sleepy town with very little traffic. They just had me drive around for a few minutes and then passed me. No zipper merging, no parallel parking, no reversing driving at all, no tight places and nothing challenging.

        • @FireRetardant
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          11 month ago

          There should be a mandated standardized course that includes, reversing, parking, emergency braking, swerving, and various other maneuvers.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      There’s a section of road near me that has plastic flag bollards down the middle of the road also, to prevent this behaviour