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> The massive waste of resources involved in hauling 2 tons of steel and glass down from speed to 0

Even without slowing down this is huge waste of resources. The fact we allow people to do this is insane.

> When I rule the world, there will be a ban on 4-way stops, red arrows, and parking lots without walkways.

You are insane if you think you can make cars safe. They should just not be around people at all.

Yes, somehow whenever these issues come up, it never leads to a suggestion of banning cars. Instead, there is an "angels on a pin" dissection of some obscure details that will supposedly fix the problem but that completely misses the point: cars are killing us all (pollution, carbon, obesity, degradation of city life) and need to be generally rejected for common use.

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