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  • CADmonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    maybe people should be prioritizing buying motorcycles and heated jackets

    Tell me you’ve never been to the US without telling me.

    I’m an avid motorcycle rider. I’ve been riding for over 20 years. I’ve ridden in all sorts of weather. I once had to lie in a muddy ditch next to my harley while the tornado went by. More than once I’ve ridden 30 miles (48.6 kilometers for those who can’t multiply by 1.62) in the snow.

    The issue is, snow, ice, and tornadoes aren’t good for most people on a motorcycle. I’m one of the few completely crazy people who does ride in all weather. But the US is a place with some pretty crazy weather, and many parts of the country str too cold or too icy to ride in for half the year. So even if we collectively bought a Grom and a nice riding suit with a heated vest, most people couldn’t ride it for a big chunk of the year.

    A much better suggestion, until we can get some sort of public transport, is small cars, but every time someone makes a small economy car in the US, most people act like it’s an affront to their very testicles and they spend a weirdly large chunk of their time complaining about said cars, even if they dont own one. For examples, see opinions on: Toyota Prius, Chevy Spark, Mitsubishi Mirage.

    • GeekyNerdyNerd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah honestly I’m kinda tired of European hypocrisy. They love to yell at us for having an amerocentric worldview but they do exactly the same thing. It’s simply not viable to rely solely upon a motorcycle when you live in an area where it’s not uncommon to go from intense snowstorms to 80 degree weather within the span of a few days. Doubly so when the roads are often old, forgotten, and poorly maintained. The rural areas around me have tons of pot holes, and that’s when they are even paved at all.

      They cannot fathom a world where you can drive over 100 miles (~161km) between major population centers, or drive just 50miles(80km) and go from a low laying lake to a mountain chain. Texas alone is larger than the entirety of France, and you could fit the entirety of Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg inside New York State and still have space remaining. I’m in northern NY and it’s almost the same distance to drive from my area to NYC as it would be to take the chunnel and go from London to Paris by car, and unlike London to Paris there is no train nor any direct plane route between my area and NYC. The only option would be to drive the entire way.

      Sure America could do better, but the common refrain of “lol just walk/bike/train bro. Lazy murcians” is as stupid as us Americans yaking on about Europeans.

    • daemoz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I mean that was exactly my point. I lived in denver and ny and I dont ride under 35 degrees F unless its only 5 min. Going careless wasnt my real reccomendation, but its a huge answer for a huge swath of population. I live in socal now and its trucks and suvs as far as the eye can see. And If even this crowd is going to downvote me, then its even more dire than I realized. People are crazy car centric, and its irresponsible way to live