I'm with you 100% on feeling a bit defeatist on this. Especially in North America, infrastructure and government favours cars and nearly ignores everyone else. We are completely alone out there.
To be clear, I didn't get the "these things happen" attitude from your writing, it just seems to be the prevailing attitude of the public. Your insights were refreshing and entertaining as always.
The "what more could've been done" feeling/question is familiar and unfortunate. It amounts to victim blaming. What could have been done? The driver could have done the bare minimum and driven safely.
So glad you came out of this one relatively OK. Here's to hoping that somehow we can stop this downward spiral...
Dec. 23, 2022, 10:26 a.m. - BadNudes
I'm with you 100% on feeling a bit defeatist on this. Especially in North America, infrastructure and government favours cars and nearly ignores everyone else. We are completely alone out there. To be clear, I didn't get the "these things happen" attitude from your writing, it just seems to be the prevailing attitude of the public. Your insights were refreshing and entertaining as always. The "what more could've been done" feeling/question is familiar and unfortunate. It amounts to victim blaming. What could have been done? The driver could have done the bare minimum and driven safely. So glad you came out of this one relatively OK. Here's to hoping that somehow we can stop this downward spiral...