• Onno (VK6FLAB)English
    353·
    6 minutes ago

    I think that it’s going to take societal change to stop this from being the norm. In Australia there was a road safety campaign with the slogan:

    “Speeding. No one thinks big of you.”

    It essentially compared speeding with having a small penis, by using the metaphor of a wiggling pinkie, and thus embarrassing perpetrators.

    In other words, it needs to become uncool to drive such a massive vehicle. Perhaps “The bigger the trick, the smaller the …”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speeding._No_one_thinks_big_of_you.

    Edit: Removed stray period.

    Edit: Added non stray period back and changed how I entered the URL. Fingers crossed this works. Remind me again why I work in IT.

      • Onno (VK6FLAB)English
        1·
        4 minutes ago

        Not sure what you mean. When I click the link on my post, it goes to where I intended. Note that I removed an errant period at the end of the URL about an hour ago.

        Edit: Well this is getting weird. I tested it three times, now it goes to a redirect page that does require the period.

        Edit: I think I nailed it third time around.

    • auzy1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      29 minutes ago

      Here in Australia, a ram 1500 nearly hit me on my bike by going the wrong way around a roundabout too. They didn’t even slow down to check.

      I slammed my brake and swerved.

      If they can’t even successfully navigate a right hand turn on a roundabout, they shouldn’t be here. And the drivers park and drive them at a lower standard, instead of higher too

      And the IGA near me is full of large utes during lunch hours using 2-3 parking spots each.

      • auzy1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        28 minutes ago

        Also, I actually drive a Jeep Unlimited (which is actually a fairly big car). And yet, never had an issue fitting into any of these spots. I’ve literally seen though ute drivers who pull into a spot badly, and not even try to fix the issue. Considering buying some stickers to throw on their windscreen.

    • jtrek@startrek.websiteEnglish
      6·
      3 hours ago

      Maybe shame and embarrassment would work, but the kind of people who drive this kind of car are probably anti-social assholes who don’t care about other people very much.

      But these people get off on being jerks. There’s something wrong with their brain so empathy doesn’t work right.

    • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      I don’t think that will work. The comparison has been made but doesn’t seem to phase people. I think IED might be only the solution, since the people who drive these don’t seem to care in the least that they are a lethal danger to everyone in a smaller vehicle/on a bike/pedestrian.