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Stick shift drivers - would you get an electric vehicle? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm stuck on this personally. I love my manual, I have a tiny little Mazda 2 and I have driven that thing absolutely everywhere because I can control it better than any automatic I've ever driven. But I've been casually looking for a new car and I'd love to have an electric, but I don't want to lose that level of control and everything I love about a manual.

What do you all think? What's your take?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I wish my town (typical mid-size USA) was safer for bicycling. I'd actually get my bike out and use it for short trips for beer or whatever.

For now I walk or drive and I feel shitty every time I drive short distances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just open carry an Ar-15 on your back. People will go around. But seriously, you can get a Garmin radar thing that will tell you if cars are behind you and how fast they are going.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I didn't know those existed... but I kinda hate that they do. Can the Garmin radar delete a car that's about to hit me?

But really, for $300+ it should also photograph the license plate of the car that hits you and automatically SOS when it detects an impact.

I mean, doesn't that sound like a ridiculous product that shouldn't need to exist?

I disagree with the premise that it's the responsibility of the cyclist or pedestrian to avoid being murdered by a 2-ton vehicle. Having something like the Garmin radar on your bicycle seems like yet another thing that would make it EASIER for a driver to argue that it's the cyclist's fault in an accident, right? "They had a radar, it's not my fault they were in my way!" Just like the "it's their fault they're dead because they weren't wearing a helmet!" Argument.

In the worst timeline I could see a municipality trying to require these on ebikes for "safety" while in effect making non-equipped bikes illegal to ride. Which would be great for the car companies.