driving

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I just genuinely don't understand how driving is normalized or how the act of driving by itself is necessary to be a functioning adult. let me explain:

I feel as if by choosing to go from point A to point B , we take a huge risk everyday. the possibilities are endless on how it can go wrong , from injuring someone to killing , to just simply hitting someone car. the concept of finding myself in an altercation with someone while i alrdy lack the will to live drains me down so much.
like how many times do we hear bout someone dying in an accident everyday, how do people just pretend it's not happening.
I really wanna understand , why am i the broken one for thinking bout it...

 

[LastNite]

It ain't that serious. People die from car accidents because some dumbasses decide to jump in a car and go past the speed limit.


People who drive normally, follow the law, drive without drinking, pay attention, and keep their phones out of their hands never get in accidents.
Even if they did, the accident itself would likely be so minor that there will be no harm done.

Nowadays everything is so spread out that driving is necessary to meet needs. For example let's say you landed a job at some law firm. I bet you my life that it's not going to be in some suburban place. Imagine you living outside of the city having to walk 3-4 hours everyday to get to your job. It's unbearable. A car drive would get you there in under 30 minutes.

 

[DeathByBananabread]

There is currently a giant push in different political & social groups across the world towards going carless & building better infrastructure/cities so that we don't need to drive so much. You'd like the Youtube channel Not Just Bikes.

I've, frankly, been told before that I shouldn't even be driving with some of the issues I have, & I agree, but I have a license & have to do it sometimes.

It annoys the hell out of me too, before modern times the only thing we could do on a regular basis that ran the risk of killing so many people unintentionally was just cooking. Now we're all expected to fuck about in our giant fucking death shells, no matter how ill-equipped we feel to use it. & it costs more than a meal to have someone else drive you. It's so fucked.