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ertri t1_j5ziovv wrote

Reply to comment by Gumburcules in Opinion | D.C. is turning its beautiful streets into bar-code lookalikes by DCmetrosexual1

My proposal is to ditch the plastic and replace them with proper bollards. Those actually look better and are a lot less forgiving when someone hits o e

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Gumburcules t1_j5zjifg wrote

My proposal is to replace them with severe tire damage strips.

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giscard78 t1_j5zlc9y wrote

my proposal is sharks with laser beams

(no, but seriously, the pylons should be strengthened)

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burrito-disciple t1_j60qzni wrote

Then you'd just have a disabled vehicle stuck there

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Gumburcules t1_j60tu2h wrote

Well yeah, otherwise they'd get away before the tow truck comes to take the car to the impound and crush it into a cube in front of the driver.

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GrilledCyan t1_j6114qo wrote

You have thirty minutes to move your car…you have ten minutes…your car has been impounded…you car has been crushed into a cube…you have thirty minutes to move your cube!

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hemlockone t1_j65dabi wrote

A car was disabled taking the curve too sharp across the street from me. I live at a 4-way stop where three of the corners have a bio-retention curb extension (https://www.dcwater.com/whats-going-on/blog/working-together-build-sustainable-community #2). When a taxi ran aground, I made sure everyone was physically OK, then walked away because I wasn't particularly sympathetic. If the driver couldn't miss a giant concrete ditch and curb, what's to stop them from missing a child or a person?

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ertri t1_j64gfki wrote

Sounds like a problem for the driver, not me

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burrito-disciple t1_j64j9wz wrote

Lol y'all are so fussy

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ertri t1_j650vtq wrote

Fussy? I literally don’t care what happens to the vehicle. How’s that being fussy?

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burrito-disciple t1_j654xsf wrote

"I'm so fussy about something I don't like that I actively want other people to suffer for it" - u/ertri

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ertri t1_j65anp8 wrote

Oh yeah, I don’t want drivers in bike lanes. I am fussy about that. I like people to actively suffer if they want to do shit that actively endangers me!

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burrito-disciple t1_j65gsbj wrote

It's such an American thing to seek maximalist violent retribution for any perceived slight, whether real or imagined. Smh.

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ertri t1_j661pby wrote

A bollard is stationary! Whatever’s behind it would get maximalist damage from a car going through it like what happens with plastic sticks!

I just think there should be consequences for maneuvering a multi thousand point piece of metal dangerously!

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burrito-disciple t1_j662m1p wrote

>I like people to actively suffer

u/ertri

There's a difference between just consequences and sadistic retribution.

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ertri t1_j66hlty wrote

Running into a bollard should have consequences because hitting a person behind that bollard sure as shit does!

Should people actively suffer because an idiot in a giant death machine was operating it poorly, or should the operator deal with the consequences?

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burrito-disciple t1_j66ijm5 wrote

Just very cringey to invent situations where someone gets hurt or has to suffer and then to get excited about that thought.

Americans have a sick obsession with Retribution.

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ertri t1_j68bm15 wrote

What? People literally drive over flex posts constantly, including right into bike lanes that other people are in. That’s not a made up situation, it happens every day on any of the protected lanes the original article is bitching about!

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turnip-taker t1_j61whtt wrote

Bollards all the way! They look way sleeker, actually protect lanes, and don’t need to be replaced anywhere near as often as flexiposts. DDOT needs to deliver the 21st century, and public roads built for the public are the way to go.

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ertri t1_j64ge6m wrote

We also have tons of bollards in DC already! Every federal building gets them

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