• Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I’ve never wanted just one of those to be a concrete bollard so badly…

    Make it the same height and color, and just place it somewhere randomly within all the plastic ones 😈

  • jtrek@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    19 days ago

    They should lose their car and license, and be made to repair all the damage they did. Maybe some community service, too.

  • Wild_Mastic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 days ago

    That’s why where I live (europe) those bad boys are full steel planted on the ground and not some wobbly noodles.

    • dan69@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 days ago

      You just gave me a boner… uh I want those soo bad too! But the only reason why I think it’s like that here in US cities bc potential need for emergency vehicles cases.

      • kestrel7_7@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        18 days ago

        Better protected bike lanes = more cycling trips = fewer car trips = fewer cars in the way of emergency vehicles = no need for emergency vehicles to shift into the bike lane mid-block

  • AviAdi@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
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    19 days ago

    23rd Street, Santa Monica. August 9, 2026, a driver in a green truck runs over bollards in the protected bike lane. On August 19, Councilmember Dan Hall reports that the Santa Monica Police Department “has identified the vehicle and owner. They have had the vehicle towed for expired registration and are following up with the owner on the vandalism of public property.” @electdanhal Santa Monica has built 119 of the 187 miles of bikeway in its Bike Action Plan. Roughly five of those miles are protected. The half-mile on 23rd Street is protected by plastic barriers called “armadillos” while other areas, such as 17th Street are protected by concrete curbs.

      • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        19 days ago

        I live near enough to know the layout and while it’s mostly just colored line, the streets are still usually bike friendly, assuming you don’t see this nonsense.

        What SM did was actually reduce parking to the point that it forced biking or bussing (and made permits for remaining spots, lol). Driving remains is almost all single lane torture with a 25 mph limit, single because when I was a kid it was two lanes and they decided they wanted a dedicated bike lane (specifically thinking Broadway but probably others).

        SM is a small place, too. A ton of those miles are in residential areas with little room for expansion.

        • Leviathan@fedinsfw.appEnglish
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          17 days ago

          Sounds great. Make them actually protected and you have a neighborhood where people want to live and cars are unwelcome.

  • in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.socialEnglish
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    19 days ago

    Those bollards are made from recycled tires they’ll just pop back up, Dodge Ram is risking a wreckless driving charge for nothing. What a fucking asshole.

    • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      19 days ago

      If those delineators are hit with such speed, many of them will be damaged in a way they need to be replaced. For sure this shit going to cost some money for the tax payers.

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      19 days ago

      If you were paying 2k a month on a luxury truck loan to pay 6 bucks for a gallon of gas to go 11 miles at traffic speeds slower than a bike on the shoulder, you too would be incredibly stupid and irate.

      Also, that truck driver needs to have their license pulled indefinitely and the truck impounded. That’s multiple murder attempts happening in a few minutes. I don’t give a fuck if public transport sucks, or if you are crippled and can’t walk anywhere. Should have thought of that before you tried to kill someone multiple times with your truck.