Should be a front page news item. The term “hero cop” applies here. Every one of us has benefited from a police officer standing at some intersection of a race, driving a lead vehicle, or by generally being a presence at our events. Brojo’s?
What goes through the mind of a person like this? I'm not in favor of or defending cops in general, but everybody realizes that they are the only ones *allowed* to shoot, detain, harass, arrest, or kill you. An encounter with a cop is the most dangerous person-to-person encounter that regularly happens.
She thought what? I'll just cruise through, they'll never notice? My POS Toyota Camry can outrun them? I'll teach these pedestrians a lesson, because this is my road?
Sadly in America not being allowed to drive is tantamount to not being allowed to work, such is the reliance on the automobile. She'll be back on the road before the cop is out of the hospital.
Sadly in America not being allowed to drive is tantamount to not being allowed to work, such is the reliance on the automobile. She'll be back on the road before the cop is out of the hospital.
I haven’t owned a car in almost 14 years and have lived in the US with no major inconveniences for about 10 of them across three different cities.
Sadly in America not being allowed to drive is tantamount to not being allowed to work, such is the reliance on the automobile. She'll be back on the road before the cop is out of the hospital.
I haven’t owned a car in almost 14 years and have lived in the US with no major inconveniences for about 10 of them across three different cities.
I’m guessing either you don’t have kids or those 3 cities were New York, Boston and Chicago. Or are you in the military?
I haven’t owned a car in almost 14 years and have lived in the US with no major inconveniences for about 10 of them across three different cities.
I’m guessing either you don’t have kids or those 3 cities were New York, Boston and Chicago. Or are you in the military?
Most cities in the US have poor public transit.
Not military. You have two cities right and the other was on the west coast. I’ve rarely used public transit in the US outside of when I lived in NYC, I walk a lot and other times take Uber/Lyft or sometimes taxis. Even though I take cars often I’m pretty sure it’s less than the cost of owning a car. My point was that living comfortably in America does not necessarily mean having/driving a car (I haven’t been behind the wheel once this year). I’m aware of other cities like DC that have decent public transit as well.
I’m guessing either you don’t have kids or those 3 cities were New York, Boston and Chicago. Or are you in the military?
Most cities in the US have poor public transit.
Not military. You have two cities right and the other was on the west coast. I’ve rarely used public transit in the US outside of when I lived in NYC, I walk a lot and other times take Uber/Lyft or sometimes taxis. Even though I take cars often I’m pretty sure it’s less than the cost of owning a car. My point was that living comfortably in America does not necessarily mean having/driving a car (I haven’t been behind the wheel once this year). I’m aware of other cities like DC that have decent public transit as well.
I'm glad you've had that experience, but it does not mesh with the reality for most Americans. Sadly, given the choice 99% of Americans will choose to drive anywhere they need to go. If I were to guess, 90% of Americans are incapable of even walking more than a couple of miles. Riding bicycles on the road is a death wish thanks to gigantic pickups and the distracted texters who can only manage to look at the road between every message.
Taking Uber/Lyft and saying you don't need a car is kind of a cop-out. While it works to get you around, it only further highlights how unbalanced the infrastructure is towards cars.
This was a brave and selfless gesture on the part of the police officer. The driver of a 2011 BMW, with 3x the legal level of intoxication, would have killed or injured many had she gotten past this last obstacle to the crowd on the bridge.
Not military. You have two cities right and the other was on the west coast. I’ve rarely used public transit in the US outside of when I lived in NYC, I walk a lot and other times take Uber/Lyft or sometimes taxis. Even though I take cars often I’m pretty sure it’s less than the cost of owning a car. My point was that living comfortably in America does not necessarily mean having/driving a car (I haven’t been behind the wheel once this year). I’m aware of other cities like DC that have decent public transit as well.
I'm glad you've had that experience, but it does not mesh with the reality for most Americans. Sadly, given the choice 99% of Americans will choose to drive anywhere they need to go. If I were to guess, 90% of Americans are incapable of even walking more than a couple of miles. Riding bicycles on the road is a death wish thanks to gigantic pickups and the distracted texters who can only manage to look at the road between every message.
Taking Uber/Lyft and saying you don't need a car is kind of a cop-out. While it works to get you around, it only further highlights how unbalanced the infrastructure is towards cars.
I guess my point wasn’t that cars aren’t “necessary,” it’s that Uber/Lyft have dramatically improved our ability to make do without them, in conjunction with walking/biking/public transit/scooters, which wasn’t as much the case even 10 years ago.
