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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

America really needs to raise the standards for who can have a driver's license at the federal level.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 months ago

But then they would need to acknowledge that the driver's license is also a permission slip to participate in society with how car-dependent their cities have become.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

But the oil sales! Think of the economy!

I just realized how similar that sounds to some people during covid :p

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The attempt at interviewing the rock 👌

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

I think I speak for the rock when I say:

[–] Excrubulent 8 points 5 months ago

Just think that we're only seeing photos of the aftermath of cars that:

  1. Hit with enough speed to fully mount the rock.

  2. Stayed high-centred.

If it was just a glancing blow, or the car slipped off sideways or even made it all the way over, it would limp away and avoid the photograph of shame.

There's gotta be a lot more cars hitting this thing than get officially reported.