I hate when people hide their real reasons for wanting things behind noble reasons that are patently untrue.
Walking onto the road with a buggy to get by cars parked on the footpath is enraging. I ran into the driver of one and he sheepishly said sorry as if it would all be grand because he sounded friendly. No, I straight up glared at that motherfucker.
I’d just like to say I’ve never once said we can’t give up cars due to the mobility of someone else… so can I park on the footpath going forward? Would make life so much easier at times.
I’ll be the boring one and point out that’s not what virtue signaling means.
You perhaps mean self justification.
But even then that some drivers park like a’holes doesn’t actually say anything about people who claim disabled need cars. There’s not a single entity called “drivers”.
Sorry, you just wanted a rant and here I’m being pedantic.
MIL is always saying this yet is forever parking on footpaths or stopping right on the street and sticking the hazards on cos she’ll only be five minutes 🙄
Sure that chair has one of those pop out rotor blades allowing the user to just fly over the car so this is all j ust nonsense
A large group of people with 1 strawman opinion and 1 example of behaviour. This post is signalling something.
After having a child, and using a buggy whenever I’m out, it really has opened my eyes to the struggles those with physical disabilities and wheelchair users have.
Shops are tightly packed in and make it almost impossible to walk around comfortably, you’ve people parking on streets as such, or elevators are extremely awkward too. Not as inclusive as what I once thought!
cars are fine, but we should minimize their use, not everyone should drive so there should be other options
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I hate when people hide their real reasons for wanting things behind noble reasons that are patently untrue.
Walking onto the road with a buggy to get by cars parked on the footpath is enraging. I ran into the driver of one and he sheepishly said sorry as if it would all be grand because he sounded friendly. No, I straight up glared at that motherfucker.
I’d just like to say I’ve never once said we can’t give up cars due to the mobility of someone else… so can I park on the footpath going forward? Would make life so much easier at times.
I’ll be the boring one and point out that’s not what virtue signaling means.
You perhaps mean self justification.
But even then that some drivers park like a’holes doesn’t actually say anything about people who claim disabled need cars. There’s not a single entity called “drivers”.
Sorry, you just wanted a rant and here I’m being pedantic.
MIL is always saying this yet is forever parking on footpaths or stopping right on the street and sticking the hazards on cos she’ll only be five minutes 🙄
Sure that chair has one of those pop out rotor blades allowing the user to just fly over the car so this is all j ust nonsense
A large group of people with 1 strawman opinion and 1 example of behaviour. This post is signalling something.
After having a child, and using a buggy whenever I’m out, it really has opened my eyes to the struggles those with physical disabilities and wheelchair users have.
Shops are tightly packed in and make it almost impossible to walk around comfortably, you’ve people parking on streets as such, or elevators are extremely awkward too. Not as inclusive as what I once thought!
cars are fine, but we should minimize their use, not everyone should drive so there should be other options
Waterford Whispers News did an [article](https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2019/09/26/inconsiderate-wheelchair-user-out-on-road-again/) on this sort of nonsense a while back, absolute gold.
This country is inaccessible enough as it is without people being like this.
All I can hear is Mobility Mary complaining.
“If we reduce car use how will the elderly and disabled get around???”
Because it’s easier for disabled people to get access to custom-built cars rather than… the sidewalk?