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1. Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD (mbonsma@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 03:53:47 JST Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD

   Actually it SHOULD be difficult and stressful to drive a car in a city and if it's not then you're not taking your responsibility seriously enough

   • Arkadiusz Wieczorek (arek@mastodon.internet-czas-dzialac.pl)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 03:53:41 JST Arkadiusz Wieczorek

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     @mbonsma I'm pretty confident and experienced on the street driving a car, but I recently drove around Sicily in a car and was totally stressed out not by pedestrians but by the behavior of other drivers...

   • Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD (mbonsma@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 03:53:44 JST Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD

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     We have been sold a message that driving should be easy, fun, relaxing, and convenient, that roads are where drivers should feel comfortable, and when someone on the street "comes out of nowhere" it is not your responsibility.

   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 04:17:46 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     • feld
     • Brian Reiter
     • Matthew W. Thomas
     @feld @breiter @mbonsma @mwt "he smelled like meth"
     
     "this guy knows what meth smells like"
   • feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 04:17:47 JST feld

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     • Brian Reiter
     • Matthew W. Thomas
     @mwt @breiter @mbonsma tell them they pointed a gun at you or you smelled meth and then maybe they'll care enough to type that license plate into their computer
   • Matthew W. Thomas (mwt@sciences.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 04:17:48 JST Matthew W. Thomas

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     • Brian Reiter

     @breiter @mbonsma that's terrible! You'd think that they would just look the car up.

     I'm in DC too, actually. I just moved here last month. That other thing I mentioned was at Judiciary Square station.

   • Brian Reiter (breiter@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 04:17:49 JST Brian Reiter

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     • Matthew W. Thomas

     @mwt @mbonsma I had a driver HIT ME in a crosswalk when I had the “white man” crossing light last week in Washington, DC. And the yell at me for being in his way and drove off before I could make my way to the other sidewalk and call 911. Police took an hour to arrive and although I had a photograph of the license plate, claimed they could not track down the driver to do anything.

   • Matthew W. Thomas (mwt@sciences.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 04:17:50 JST Matthew W. Thomas

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     @mbonsma yeah, I've had drivers scream at me because I walked across a crosswalk protected by a stop sign and I "came out of nowhere".