Fietser Nicole
@GoingDutchDEN
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I’m a transportation cyclist, crossing guard, proponent of compact urbanism and lover of all things Dutch.
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Real life depiction of a person using a bike for transportation vs an “avid cyclist.”
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That driver’s speed nearly took her life.
that drivers reaction time saved her life 🤯
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Drivers have proven time and again that they cannot be trusted with permissive turns. Motorists should not be allowed to cross a crosswalk while a pedestrian has the walk signal. PERIOD.
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Person driving an oversized vehicle with poor visibility hits brightly colored child-sized stationary objects, keeps driving and wonders why bollards are even needed.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE NEEDED!
If you do $30K of damage in a low speed collision with a stationary object you should honestly just lose your license.
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Bad drivers are always so eager to chime in and illustrate my exact point.
@GoingDutchDEN
Cars ALWAYS have the right of way over pedestrians. The laws of physics demand this.
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“They came out of nowhere.”
When drivers fail to see people walking or riding bikes, it’s typically because they didn’t actually bother to look.
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My tight cone placement means that the biggest (and most dangerous) vehicles are slowed down the most.
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“Studies have shown that a mere 10% shift from car drivers to bike riders has resulted in a 40% reduction in traffic congestion. Even if you never touch an e-bike, you would benefit from supporting their increased use.”
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Completely normal responses to an elementary school crossing guard slowing traffic to keep children safe.
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These comments make it abundantly clear how little most drivers know about the rules of the road. Much more frequent and comprehensive testing is desperately needed.
So many drivers…
Don’t look 🙈
Don’t listen 🙉
Don’t care 🤷♀️
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I ordered my eBike directly from the Netherlands. When I suggested that listing it as a “Ladies Bike” was limiting the appeal to men, the salesman was confused. “Dutch men just ask for a woman’s bike if they want a step-thru.” Yeah, most US guys are far too insecure for that. 🤣
One of the greatest triumphs of the motor industry is to make men in the U.K feel inadequate if they don’t own a monster truck.
In the Netherlands, people like Guy - who I met in Assen today - don’t seemed bothered by that at all.
Which we all know is the real way to be cool.
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Raised crosswalks are the solution to quite a few problems.
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When people find out that I primarily travel by eBike, I’m usually told about a reckless cyclists they once saw. When our dangerous streets dissuade all but the most daring riders, what do you expect? Build infra for all ages and abilities, get riders of all ages and abilities.
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If we want fewer cars on our streets (and we DO!), we must remove these barriers and enable people to ride and walk everywhere with safe and low-stress infrastructure. 4/4
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@supermills
@JoeCutrufo
And the police return the reloaded gun to him and send on his merry way.
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Allowing turns on red is generally a bad idea. But allowing them on a street with a bi-directional bike lane is absurdly irresponsible.
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Same belligerent driver, different day. Imagine having the entitlement and audacity to willfully ignore a crossing guard at your own child’s school with a bunch of witnesses. 3rd strike for this parent.
Driver actively exacerbating traffic throws a temper tantrum about being stuck in traffic.
On frigid mornings, more people use the drop-off lane. More drivers = more congestion. But, obviously, the crossing guard is the real problem. We need
#SchoolStreets
now!
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Paint-only bike lanes are car infrastructure. They are installed to keep people on bikes from delaying motorists (and to check a box), not to provide safe mobility for people on bikes. This garbage keeps people driving.
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I’m going to buy 10 12”x18”signs to put up around our elementary school. Here are my top two choices. Which do you prefer? Any other recommendations?
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My neighbor is a recent eBike rider. I’ve ridden to 3 different grocery stores with her so that she could get comfortable riding there on her own. She’s only been back to one. 1/4
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So many drivers…
Don’t look 🙈
Don’t listen 🙉
Don’t care 🤷♀️
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Thank you, Peachy, for explaining exactly why we need speed governors.
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As I was riding up to school this afternoon, I saw this wrong-way driver leaving a parking space. I informed her that it is a one-way and she said, “Yeah, the other parents told me I better move before you got here.”
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Yet another car crash in our school zone. On a 30mph street right as school was letting out and at a busy school crossing. Luckily, no children were involved, but the driver was removed on a stretcher. 4th flipped vehicle I’ve seen at this location. What’s it going to take?
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You know you’re at the right brewery, when the parking looks like this.
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How stupid is this? All of those drivers causing congestion when there’s a comfortable and efficient bike lane available!
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The US has spent decades promoting and subsidizing car-dependency at the expense of all other more sustainable modes of transportation. THAT is what everyone should be complaining about, not “high” fuel prices.
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It’s not the closest store or even the one she prefers. It’s the one she feels most comfortable riding to because of the dedicated bike crossings. 2/4
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Have I mentioned how much I despise retractable leashes?
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Sitting in Walgreens waiting for my prescription and watching a woman get turned away from her scheduled Covid test she made a week ago because she doesn’t own a car. I’m going to go through the drive thru with her on my bike now. Wish us luck because this shit is ridiculous.
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“My time is far too valuable to wait at a red light so I’ll spend all day chopping at this sign.”
Driver will be not wait an extra 30 seconds in name of public safety. He WILL turn right on red!
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A flashing yellow left turn arrow, which allows drivers to speed across a bike/ped path during their designated signal phase, is your city clearly telling you that they are willing to accept predictable traffic injuries and fatalities rather than slightly delay car traffic.
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Drivers: “I don’t have time to bike or walk anywhere. I’m busy!”
Also Drivers: “I have to get to my child’s school 40 minutes before the bell rings to get a good parking spot.”
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Unfortunately, my camera didn’t pick up the digital speed display, but that was 49 in a 30mph zone, a few blocks from an elementary school, a few minutes after release, while passing a bicyclists, in an oversized vehicle with no attempt to slow down.
@DenverDOTI
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Now imagine the congestion if all the people seen biking were driving. Safe and separated bike infrastructure benefits everyone!
London in the winter is the perfect example that lots of people want the choice to bike for their transportation. They just need a safe and comfortable bike lane to use. If you build it they will come.
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Is it just me, or should someone with a drivers license/CDL know what an illuminated red arrow means? It’s scary to think just how terrible this could have gone.
PS - Sorry for the language 😬
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In the country with the highest EV adoption, they are realizing that cars are still cars.
“But there's a new problem for the Scandinavian nation: it needs people to stop driving their EVs so much and get on buses and trains.”
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I love it when my daughters send me photos of what they find in the wild. A very Happy New Biking Year to all who celebrate!
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“Sorry, but there’s just no room for a protected bike lane.”
If "Share The Road" feels more difficult/dangerous than it used to, it's because it is.
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@SeanPaige
Motorists being made “miserable” by having to slow down and pay attention is a perfect example of why these treatments are necessary.
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6.6 miles of appointments/errands on the eBike this morning. About 1 penny of electricity used. But the freedom from car-dependency is absolutely priceless!
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@ditikohli_
This made me remember when I was 11 and almost abducted. By the time I realized that I was in trouble, I was close enough for him to pull me into his car. I saw a stranger come around the corner and said, “Here’s my friend, he can help.” He sped away with his door still open.
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Drivers have proven time and time again that they simply cannot responsibly “share the road.” Separated/Protected bike lanes and Neighborhood Bikeways with traffic calming and diversion are the only reasonable options.
#SharrowsAreBullshit
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I wear a helmet and hi-viz for the same reason - so that my injury/death by a reckless driver can’t be excused by the lack of these items.
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If you build a bike lane that motorists can drive and park in, they will! The brand new “protected” bike lane in front of East High.
@DenverDOTI
#BikeDen
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When arriving for happy hour, a friend jokingly admonished me for riding on the sidewalk from the corner. I asked how else I was supposed to get to the bike racks on the sidewalk. He looked around and I’d swear you could see the lightbulb go on.
#motonormativity
At some point in the US, we have to stop allowing ignorant developers and engineers, who have never walked or biked for transportation, to place bike parking racks on public infrastructure.
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She still drives to our nearest grocery store less than a mile away because riding there requires crossing a dangerous and inhospitable arterial on streets shared with and unprotected from drivers. 3/4
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I got a horn blown at me while riding to my crossing guard PM shift. When I caught up to her at the red light, I gave her a stern look and realized that it was one of the parents I help cross everyday at school. That was uncomfortable…
…for her.
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We have a narrow view of what’s possible with a bike in this country. The liquor store owner asked me how I was going to carry “all that.”
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I was aggressively blocked on my bike today by this guy who insisted that I get into the non-existent bike lane (a parking lane filled with ice next to 45mph traffic). I’m on the right & had slowed to 5-7mph. I wouldn’t be riding on the damn sidewalk if I had a safe alternative!
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Speeding between stop signs/red lights isn’t the win drivers think it is.
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Just one of the full bike racks at my elementary school. Always makes me 😊
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Buying into the “bigger cars are safer” ploy only exacerbates the very dangers you are trying to avoid.
Ignore this at your own risk.
Do not put your family in a small car.
Yesterday, my wife was driving my son to school and an oncoming delivery truck crossed the center lane and hit her head on — the driver had a seizure was going 40 mph.
I was on my way to work in a separate
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If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring your eBike batteries inside when not in use.
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“EVs will save us!” 🤡
Speeding past a 🚲 at a narrow point in the road only to get to the🚦a few seconds sooner. 🤡
Ignoring a 🛑 to illegally pass at an intersection on the wrong side of the street. 🤡
Cars and car-culture is the problem, not the power source.
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“Even the best behaved driver can kill me. He or she doesn’t want that and I obviously also don’t want that. But that’s the system that we have …. It’s a level of danger around us that we would not accept in any other domain of life.”
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Car infrastructure disguised as bike infrastructure working exactly as intended. Door-zone bike lanes prioritize driver convenience at the expense of bicyclists’ safety.
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Why I fight.
“And because Dutch women fought for their roads fifty years ago, they don’t have to fight today. They cycle with their backs straight and eyes forward, confident that no car or bus will invade the space they’ve made for themselves.”
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It’s interesting that she feels endangered being put in a narrow space between parked cars and moving traffic, just as (checks notes) most unprotected bike lanes are.
We looked at
@WGNTV
's new report on the Augusta Boulevard protected bike lanes, in which random people, like this driver taking her kids out of an illegally parked vehicle, claim the lanes are dangerous.
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Sorry, but there’s just no room for proper sidewalks or protected bike lanes. But, there’s plenty of space to store your massive toys in the public right-of-way whenever you desire!🙄
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Driver actively exacerbating traffic throws a temper tantrum about being stuck in traffic.
On frigid mornings, more people use the drop-off lane. More drivers = more congestion. But, obviously, the crossing guard is the real problem. We need
#SchoolStreets
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Even the “car-free” sections of City Park aren’t safe from the threat of entitled drivers.
@denverparksrec
#BikeDEN
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@dinosaurfuggit
I preemptively blew a very loud horn numerous times and slowed down to avoid getting hit. That IS taking responsibility for my safety - because the motorist couldn’t be bothered to pay attention or follow the law.
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Gee, I wonder why so many people *choose* to drive to the grocery store? Motorists are provided abundant, costly infrastructure and maintenance while people on foot are forced to fend for themselves (while subsidizing drivers).
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Awwww. Did the lady on a bike hurt your feelings by telling you to slow down as you were driving 35 in a 20?
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Just now, while riding home from the grocery store, a woman driving a gigantic SUV blew through her stop sign while looking down at her phone. I’m a safe rider, but there’s no way I can share in the responsibly for that shit.
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“Look at all of the people who aren’t using the infrastructure that hasn’t been built yet!”
Look at all the cyclists that will soon have bike lanes on Connecticut ave
@MayorBowser
@MotoristRights
ah wait a minute there aren’t any. Definitely a good plan to take away parking and traffic lanes on a major north south artery NOT!
@DDOTDC
#saveconnecticutave
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The guy riding a bike and making them all look like fools 👏
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@RedBear04749384
It doesn’t matter who’s first or if their blinker is on. Drivers are required by law to yield to pedestrians and bicyclists. If you don’t understand this, you shouldn’t be driving.
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A driver drove their car into my local liquor store yesterday. When checking out today, I gave them a “Cars Ruin Cities” sticker and held my breath not knowing how they’d react. Welp, they not only agreed, but asked me for a few more stickers! ❤️
@TheWarOnCars
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Let this be the future of all slip lanes.
This used to be an asphalt “slip-lane”, and now it’s a safe pedestrian space, with greenery and two new trees. There are so many opportunities to do this!
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Everyone make mistakes. But when conflicts arise using human scaled modes of transportation, those errors are more likely to end with a chuckle and a wave than with a trip to the hospital or morgue.
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OK, I think it’s time for a diverter appreciation thread.
Add photos/illustrations of your favorite diverters. Include location if know and what you like/don’t like about the design.
This is an island diverter. Good design, but the stop signs should face cross traffic.
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It’s absurd that bicyclists and pedestrians routinely get blamed for their own injury/death when this sort of driver behavior is so common. Motorist makes a RTOR without coming to a stop and only looking left for other cars while bikes/peds have the crossing signal.
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That’s a perfectly executed Safety Stop, which should be legal everywhere.
In any country, treating bicycles and motor vehicles the same is stupid.
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Drivers kill about 40,000 people in the US every year, pollute our air and waterways, cause hundreds of thousands premature deaths from sedentary lifestyle diseases, but yeah, those “cyclists are the worst.” 🤡
@lpfischer
@hobbit179
@GoingDutchDEN
No, cyclists are the worst people on the road by a mile, but as long as y’all are legally responsible for yourselves and aren’t forcing undue burden on drivers to watch out for your asses, then I don’t give a shit what you do.
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Can’t wait to get doored by one of these monstrosities 🤦♀️
Cybertruck is parent approved. This video really shows you how wide the rear doors open.
90° rear doors are a huge benefit for parents!
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Why paint is never enough.
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Truck bro completely embracing the stereotype. Too ignorant to know that it’s illegal to pass within 100ft of an intersection, or too entitled to care?
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Being a crossing guard is the most challenging and most rewarding job I’ve ever had. The haters only amplify my goals to make streets safe around schools.
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I had to give it a try. I was plenty warm enough on my -11° bike ride but snow just doesn’t pack at these low temps so I had zero traction (like riding through dry sand). With clear streets or maintained paths, this would’ve been a breeze.
#BikeDEN
#VikingBiking
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@AmericanFietser
I visited the zoo the other day and this is the one photo I took. Practical work vehicle and safe around people.
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Here I am performing a legal Colorado Safety Stop. Or, as many drivers see it, “A damn scofflaw cyclist just recklessly blowing through a red light!”
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I had to make a quick run to the store to buy mounting hardware for the shelving unit I was installing. A few years ago, I would’ve instinctively driven the 2 mile round trip journey. The thought of driving this short distance today is laughable.
#BikeIsBest
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We’re going to need a bigger bike rack. It’s great to see more folx shopping by bike, but one tiny wave rack ain’t cutting it.
#CostcoByBike
#BikeDEN
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We’re not stuck in traffic because we chose not to BE traffic. Thank you,
@DenverDOTI
, for the new 16th Ave PBLs which will allow more people the option to leave the car at home. Happy for the Safety Stop being legal in Colorado too!
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Decades of policies and street design which prioritize motorist convenience and speed have resulted in a perception of driver superiority. Even minor delays are seen as a personal slight deserving of retribution.
After walking for less than a minute legally on the crosswalk a driver tried to run over pedestrians on the sidewalk while another driver tried to run us over
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I watched a driver completely blow through a stop sign with a phone in her hand and an infant in a car seat. She just shrugged when I yelled at her. This is the culture we’ve promoted by prioritizing driving over all else.
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Sweet Baby Jesus, just ban turns on red already! People walking and rolling shouldn’t have to deal with this at every damn intersection.
@DenCityCouncil
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Drivists: Cyclists are so entitled!
Also Drivists: If you get in my way, I will fucking run you over!!!
There's no middle ground reaction to videos like this. Either you're horrified at what drivers are capable of, or you're snickering at the guy nearly killed.
This is much more about mental health than it is "share the road" signs.
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Oh yeah, don’t bother to slow down, move over or even put your phone down while you pass a bicyclist at a pinch point in the snow. 😠
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Why is it that the “tough American male” persona requires driving a tank to feel safe?
@GoingDutchDEN
yes..you all should drive a prius or ride the bus...and pray the bus doesnt hit the prius. i will drive my huge suv so i can stay safe and document the story.
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