- cross-posted to:
- fuckcars@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- fuckcars@lemmy.world
Have you notice how the general opinion is that people getting hit by cars somehow deserved it? My best friend was hit by a text-and-drive kindof woman. He was an athlete and now he can’t walk more than a few hundred meters.
I’ve never seen people supporting a driver for honking or attacking someone who was legitimately crossing the street…
Good for you then :)
And good for you pretending that it’s the pervasive attitude, I guess.
It is pervasive though.
No it’s not.
“I never saw it so it doesn’t exist”.
“This totally exists, just trust me bro”
I’m gonna take a wild guess and imagine your’e driving a car on the daily, dont ya?
Nope, I just live in reality. You should try it some time.
In reality all of the people I know who are cycling got hit by a car. Hell in this very thread you can see people talking about it. What’s your point exactly?
That has nothing to do with your claim…
Your claim says that the majority of people would applaud the driver who hit them. Which is nonsense.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/jilv7l/is_it_illegal_to_run_over_someone_who_is_blocking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/4ts5hk/can_i_run_over_protesters_megathread/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dashcams/comments/qoidvh/when_someone_confronts_you_its_usually_best_to/ https://www.reddit.com/r/iamatotalpieceofshit/comments/pvv7s8/16yo_kid_runs_over_a_group_of_cyclists_trying_to/
I’m sorry, this is what you think “legitimately crossing the road” looks like?
Two of the links are discussing lawful fact, not morality, and even if they were, the commenters are saying “no, you can’t use your car to ‘encourage’ people to move”. The other two have commenters saying the driver committing vehicular manslaughter is crazy and obviously in the wrong. Particularly the last link has people expressing sympathy for the victims and animosity to the driver.
Nothing here suggests that victim blaming is common when someone driving does something illegal and injures a pedestrian.