• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    The rest of the world often also builds better infrastructure, like a protected bike lane, to signifcantly reduce the conflicts between cars and not cars.

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      7 hours ago

      A bike lane would’ve helped. If there wasn’t one, I can see a good reason for whatever the fuck really happened here.

      If there had been a bike lane, he could/would have stayed there behind the stopping line acknowledging the right of the ambulance to go first, but without one…I can see someone in panic trying to get out of the way and then getting run over regardless of where he was positioned.

      • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Which makes my point. Japan has 300+ people per square km, almost 10x as dense as the US. They still put out fires and carry sick people.

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          2 hours ago

          My point is it’s much easier to have localized support when there isn’t miles between buildings lol

          • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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            2 hours ago

            Oh I didn’t realize you were making a strawman argument.

            We were discussing the unnecessarily large emergency vehicles.

            • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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              53 minutes ago

              Is it a straw man when I am saying the majority of America is rural and therefore urban-specific fixes for this issue can’t fully apply in a country as large as the USA as it can for some the size of our smallest states

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        4 hours ago

        The size of a country shouldn’t impact urban areas that much. Cyclists aren’t biking from california to florida on a daily basis, they are biking from their home to their job, gym, or groccery store. Your country is not too big for bike lanes, you’re city planners are just wastefull.

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          3 hours ago

          Oh I don’t disagree, just a fair point, it wouldnt make any sense in rural areas, which is 97% of the USA landmass lol