It's nice that the community chipped in, but under no circumstances should he had been forced to continue driving this truck for however long it had been falling apart. Lack of public transportation and a lack of a good paying job resulted in this situation.
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The only country where the majority of people have to either drive or basically become disabled.
I assume you're talking about the US, but it's the same in Canada. Where i live you're actually fucked if you don't have a car.
There's no trains, no subways, not even in the capital. Just a few busses that only service a small area relatively speaking, and stop at night so you can imagine how much drinking and driving is going on too.
Newfoundland? That sounds just like St. John's
Yep lmao
Just go 20 minutes out of town to cbs & there isn't even bus service.
I knows all about it.
I dont what the solution for Metrobus would be.
Saying bys.
Or if you are from New Brunswick it sounds like Saint John.
I mean, in Canada at least it's warranted, because certain regions are pretty much desolate. In most of USA though, it's by design. The culture is so car-centric it completely disregards the needs of people who don't have one.
I live in a rural area in the US, and it was so hard being lower middle class and trying to get my first car. You need a job to make money to save up to buy a car, but you need a car to drive to a job to work.
Australia too (with a handful of exceptions). If i get public transport to work i arrive an hour and a half after i'm supposed to start.
Just be like me and buy a house walking distance from work ššššš
Yeah that doesn't exactly work here. There aren't many houses near the places you'd be working, and the ones that are tend to be ancient and small and cost more than a modern bigger house.
And as long as you don't need to go anywhere else, and will never have to change your job, you're golden.
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My wife has autism and cannot handle the stress of driving, so she has to get rides from either me or my roommate whenever she wants to go somewhere. That's what really opened up my eyes as to how awful North American infrastructure is. If you're in a rural area, you're lucky if there's a bus system that'll take you into town and back, but if you wanna go into the next town over? Good luck cuz you're walking š
I've seen so many Americans call that "freedom". I can't fathom how it's freedom if you're forced into owning an overpriced piece of metal to even live.
You're free to choose which hunk of metal you get to dump thousands of dollars into to keep running!!
And then they bitch at people who decide to minimize that cost with a cheap used EV.
No maintenance other than wiper fluid and tires, fuel price (at home charging) is fixed.
It truly isn't. It's exhausting living in this š©š³ļø country.
I'd leave but I'm financially being held hostage.
Idk. I have epilepsy, and I'm not allowed to drive, and never wanted to. I wasn't diagnosed until after high school (although all the signs were there) and when I got my permit I had no desire to drive. I had a bf that drove me around. I tried it once and it scared the shit out of me. Now, when people comment about how much it must suck, I just point out that I'm making less of a carbon footprint and not everyone should drive. Even if I didn't have epilepsy I don't think id ever own a car. I've never even pumped gas and hate walking past stations, they smell like shit. I walk everywhere, so that keeps me thin and healthier than people guzzling coffee lattes (can't have that either) in smoggy traffic, I don't worry about drunk drivers or parking spots. I use Uber sometimes, mostly I'll actually just carry groceries in a backpack to save $, BUT I do live in an area of the country where public transit is not a problem at all. I've never even been to where there's just farmland and cows. Rural to me is bingo hall up in N.H maybe. And I bet there's a bus line for the old ladies gambling in that crazy ass state.
I don't know of a single person who thinks of this as freedom in the US.
It's called debilitating impoverished
You underestimate American right wingers
My adult daughter is the same situation. We live in a rural area about 8 miles from a college town, and got state support to get her Uber rides to work, but sadly a lot of Uber drivers cancel after seeing how far they need to go. They also can take so long to arrive sheāll be late for work.
They wonāt drive 8 fucking miles??? Thatās like 15 minutes on open roads.
Iāve noticed the drivers are used to mostly shuttling college students around town. Coming out to our place it quickly looks very rural. They bail because it seems farther than it really is. My daughterās job is another 5 miles from the town and itās unlikely there will be a rider going back, so they quit.
Right? That's not that far.
Normally I drive 15-30 miles to get to the grocery store & other errands. There have been times I've had to drive over an hour for a doctor's appointment.
Uber is a fucking awful company. Are there any independently owned taxi/shuttle services in your area?
No taxis. Itās rural. My zip code is E-I-E-I-O.
They're getting very greedy. I used taxis before, every driver in town knew who I was. Uber was cheaper and faster, but there's zero privacy, sketchy drivers, rude drivers... and now they're getting pricey
Iāve always said that that the norm shouldnāt be for everyone to drive, as a lot of people arenāt fit to drive (and thatās perfectly fine).
In America, the expectation is that everyone needs to work and have a way to get to work. Because we donāt have good public transportation, we end up with a lot of people who have no business getting behind the wheel
And we end up with a system that doesnt retest people for driving because if we did a quarter of the population would lose their drivers licenses.
We need more public transportation. But that doesn't make the auto industry money and line the pockets of our politicians.
Even in my blue state where we have some public transportation. They're horrible and take forever compared to driving.
For example, for an hour and 40 minute trip by car. I'd have to take a bus to a train. And it'd take me four hours to get there (one way).
I'm in the same situation. Being autistic is a humiliating experience. There are NO accommodations for adults. I'm so tired
I have AuDHD and I'm right there with you.
Plus the majority of people can't treat me like a human being. So I don't deal and live a recluse-like life.
Can she handle biking? Ebikes have dropped in price with many competing manufacturers and increased in performance, range and variety of models.
Well the closest town is a 25 minute drive so yes technically she could bike it but there's no bike trail and shed have to take the highway right next to traffic going 65mph+
Oh out in the country. ATV might be the thing then, if you've got drivable ditches. That can be stressful too but also fun.
Well those aren't road legal either :/
I have anxiety and the thought of driving gets my heart racing/palms sweating, so I either walk, take the bus, or take rides from others.
My biggest pet peeve is cars that block the sidewalk and the view of the road, so I have to walk around into the road to go around it.Ā
One thing I really like about the company I work for is that we pay well enough that people can afford decent cars. Iāve seen numerous employees Iāve hired go from clapped out trash that shouldnāt be on the road, to decent cars they can depend on. I canāt fix public transit, but at least I can pay them well enough to improve their situation.
You just unlocked a memory for me. When I was young and looking for jobs, I would always check out the cars in the employee parking lot. It gave me some good intel and if they were mostly beaters, the pay probably sucked.
Is there a limit to what you can't use on the road in the US? š
That thing reminds me of a story I was told by a guy who worked in Saudi and the heap of junk that came out of the desert and joined the road in front of him.
It depends on the state. Some states have extremely strict vehicle inspections (Texas, Pennsylvania, California,) and others (Michigan) basically only require functioning lights and a visible license plate, and that's about it.
Texas no longer has vehicle safety inspections as of this year. You only even have to get your emissions checked if your county requires it.
And those allow the "Ben-Hur style" wheels?!?!?
Sorry but you can't mix "strict rules" and those "handicap makers" in the same sentence.
They're not allowed, but people do them anyway.
You're thinking of swangas btw.
I had no idea how those were called.
And cops have better things to do than enforcing road safety?
You're assuming cops want to make things safer
Probably because I'm used to a different culture.
Lucky
Hey man, this is America! shoots gun into air
I can vouch for Michigan. I've had a couple sketchy as hell vehicles on the road with no issues. Had an S10 that the sides of the bed rotted off, used magnetic trailer lights as the main brake lights and cops would look at me but not bother going further (possible white privilege). I then had another S10 that I had turbocharged by sticking the turbo in the bed and that was all sorts of Jank and dangerous. The damn exhaust pipe exited the side of the bed about car window height and Shot 2 ft Fireballs every time I shifted. Never got pulled over.
Maryland only requires one when a vehicle trades hands. Some impressive beaters on the road because cops know ticketing them won't fix anything.
You'd think Michigan would have stricter inspections based on how much snow they get.
Thanks. (I forgot that California are pretty strict.)
I think they're the strictest. They don't like it if you slightly modify your car in any way.
Essentially no, where I live it's become popular to buy an enormous truck for office commuting, then lift it another foot or so off the ground so it obstructs and blinds other drivers. These things regularly kill other drivers and children. Then people complain about...cyclists.
ok but how did it get like that? even getting t boned once doesnt seem like it would be enough
Structural rust.
Rear suspension on the right side has collapsed, the ladder frame has rotted in half between the cab and bed, and it's been in a few fender benders. I'm honestly SHOCKED it's still drivable
itās up to 18k now
Also where I am (and in most developed nations) it would be illegal to drive this truck on public roads. It's completely unsafe and a danger to everyone.
it is illegal to drive like that. I imagine it collapsed, triggering this whole event.
It was dangerous to drive before it collapsed- but nobody knew it because it is likely not being inspected properly- if at all.
He'd better get a better job and pull himself up by his own damn bootstraps!
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Wow. Thatās the jankiest truck Iāve ever seen!Ā
Like, I know itās not funny, it really isnāt, but imagining that monstrosity bobbing down the road is hilarious.
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Well, yeah, very obviously a huge hazard. That thing looks like itās one electrical short away from blowing up 5 other cars and itself in a parking lot.
I am impressed that truck still runs!!!!
Typical Chevrolet.