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American Taylor Swift fans are flummoxed by the MCG's lack of parking. But Australia still has way too much of it (www.crikey.com.au)

submitted 8 months ago by vividspecter@lemm.ee to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can and i will call safety a natural selection issue. Stand on road -> get hit by truck -> die -> gene pool has less stand on road genes. Same applies to rail lines and phylosophically i would argue same should applie to many other things.

Ill keep ignore ur scalability concerns untill u can tell my why on gods green earth i should spend an hour commutting instead of 10mins driving.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying people shouldn't use the footpath. Because, crazy thing is cars and trucks sometimes leave the road. A young couple was killed in QLD last year or the year before and they were just using the footpath. I guess we should select against the "go for a walk gene". (Obviously using the footpath or standing on the road isn't a genetic property that natural selection can effect)

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wow there is another crazy thing that happens sometimes trains come off their rails and busses have all the same problems as cars the only thing they win out on is efficiency.

[–] unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Any idiot can drive a car, you need consistent training and qualifications to drive a bus or train

[–] thesorehead@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Imagine believing in stand on road genes.