• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We embraced the shit out of them during the oil crisis in the '70’s. Then when gasoline got cheap again we snapped right back.

    “But my SUV makes me feel so ‘safe’ and gives me a commanding view of the road!!!”

    I am of the opinion that everyone ought to just get a motorcycle.

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      1 year ago

      Have you ever seen Americans drive? Or the ones that ride motorcycles?

      Give everyone a motorcycle and half the country would be dead in a week

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        1 year ago

        Honestly, fuck motorcycle drivers. I know there’s plenty of them out there who operate your machines properly, but there SO MANY absolute asshats on motorcycles, always making the highway way more dangerous for everyone around them.

        If I could remove one vehicle from the earth it would be motorcycles. Idgaf how fun they are for you, people can’t be trusted with them in general.

    • MrMcGasion@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think there should be a separate license to drive SUVs and Trucks over a certain size. And that maintaining that license should be a bit of a hassle - like a required in-person written and practical test every 2 years. If people want that commanding view of the road and “safe” feeling that comes from endangering everyone else on the road, then they should have to put in some extra effort - not enough extra effort that it’s unattainable for those who actually have a need for a vehicle of that size, but enough effort that it would discourage the widespread use we have currently.

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      1 year ago

      I’d love to have a motorcycle that would replace my current vehicle, but it would need to be capable of keeping me warm while handling well in heavy snow. Afaik, there aren’t any enclosed bikes out there

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      1 year ago

      When you need a fucking step ladder to get into your jacked up pickup just so you can commute or get groceries you might have lost your mind.

      I am of the opinion that everyone ought to just get a motorcycle.

      I’d rather not die tyvm.

    • Nougat@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I am of the opinion that everyone ought to just get a motorcycle.

      But only if it’s a dual sport, right? ;)