Yes, how dare people try to enjoy life with their family in the city. Don't they know that cities are the exclusive domain of cars and their drivers?
Calling people out for victim blaming is flaming?
"Don't be snarky."
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Btw, if you find yourself "calling people out", you've definitely departed from the space we want discussion to happen within on HN—what you could call the window of curiosity. We're trying to avoid the online callout/shaming culture: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&type=comment&dateRange=a...
That's not the current reality, though. The current reality is that biking in SF is extremely dangerous.
"I vote for one thing, but that won't stop me from victim-blaming and maintaining the status quo."
You know what's way cheaper than building bike lanes and the public transit necessary for private car restrictions? Better testing of drivers, regular re-testing and ongoing education, and severely punishing drivers who kill cyclists and pedestrians through negligence or malice. As it stands, you're virtually guaranteed to get away with murder so long as you do it in a car.
There's an epidemic of idiots who barely know how to control their multi-ton vehicle on a good day.
But hey, thoughts and prayers, and malice in your comments, right?