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.

  • It’s only dangerous for the people on bikes because the people in cars drive like assholes, and of course those assholes don’t want to accidentally kill someone. It might damage their car.

  • aramis87
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    244 hours 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?

  • Gormadt
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    5 hours ago

    Reading that the people were confused about bollards is astounding

    Don’t run into or over them and you’re fine, if you feel you’re going too fast for how close you are to them, slow down.

    It’s not rocket surgery

    • Drusas
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      144 hours ago

      And that style of plastic “bollard” barely even counts as a bollard… You can drive right over them and they just break off/fall down.

      • @AdamEatsAss
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        22 hours ago

        In NJ you are allowed to bump the curb when parallel parking but not allowed to go up on the curb. Getting bumped by a car hurts a lot.

  • @s38b35M5
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    134 hours ago

    So people were speeding on these roads. Only 1% of drivers obeyed the speed limits according to residents. But change is weird, and especially change that reminds us that cars aren’t the only thing people use to get around the city, so let’s only talk about removing the calming features and get back to our dangerous driving again!