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So a cyclist darting out in front of oncoming traffic bears no responsibility if they get hit?

The scenario they're talking about is in a 4-way intersection. Imagine you're driving straight through an intersection; you have a green light, everything is fine. Then out of nowhere on your right side a cyclist zips by in front of you. You have 0.3 seconds to see them and apply the brake and have your car stop. That's not always feasible.

In most places in the US we have pedestrians, vehicles, and bicycles all mashed together in close proximity. Statistically, there will be people killed by drivers who did nothing wrong.

Hell, there will be people killed by drivers because the pedestrian/cyclist did something stupid like run into traffic.

This law would cause a lot of harm to innocent people and I'm glad we don't have it.

Depends on how rich you are.

Protected bike lanes. We've seen plenty of evidence that painted lines aren't really good enough. Cars will just drive or park over them.

Man, cyclists/pedestrians like that crack me up

"The law says I have right of way!"

"Not the laws of physics, so you should still look both ways and be prepared."

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

You mileage may vary. In my area, I see very few motorists run red lights or stop signs, but at least half of all cyclists do it.

Personally:

I live in the SF Bay Area, home of (imo) the 2nd worst drivers in the US (after Dallas-Ft Worth).

There's also loads of cyclists. We have a lot of cyclist infrastructure (though not nearly enough).

Guess what, the ones doing the cycling are the same people as the ones doing the driving.

Bad driver in 4 wheels = bad driver in 2 wheels.

Fuck yeah

This was a novel argument in 2016, by now we're all wise to the "don't vote, surely that will make things better" propaganda

the Democratic party is the first bulwark against actual reforms in the American system.

What diseased corner of your brain vomited this up?

What a giant load of bullshit rofl

The old "don't vote, surely that will prevent a fascist takeover" bullshit propaganda from 2016. It's tired, it's old news, find a new angle.

Right wing stooge says what?

...PS5?

Hey look everyone, we found someone who knows him personally and intimately!

Tell us more!

I heard - purely rumors - that he had been subject to tons of racism from the South Koreans and finally snapped one day.

Or more accurately, the military wouldn’t want you if you are too smart.

You're mixed up, that's US police, not US military.

It's the half you probably don't want to be on anyway. Automated censorship is shitty.

If it's not obvious, that's another yikes.

That's why it's so juicy, they're all such terrible people we don't have to pick sides

I'd love to see a mechanic where mana points are just "here's how much magic you can control" and you can go beyond that if you want to but crazy unpredictable things will happen and you will almost certainly die.

Yikes.