2026-08-30 19:32 UTC
@darwinwoodka@mastodon.social @aharper@mstdn.social @mattdm@hachyderm.io Sooooo many cases of irresponsible and incompetent drivers killing pedestrians and even ppl minding their own business in their own homes and businesses would just not be a thing if bollards were universal anywhere roads go near people.
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@vathpela@infosec.exchange 2026-08-31 14:08
@dalias@hachyderm.io @darwinwoodka@mastodon.social @aharper@mstdn.social @mattdm@hachyderm.io While I agree that in many circumstances bollards are great, and we definitely under-use them here in the USA, if your go-to for cars hitting houses and businesses is bollards, you may be over-focusing on a specific solution. In general "design streets for safer outcomes" is right though - just there are lots of other ways to make streets safer that we often don't utilize, and in many cases bollards too are far later than the appropriate intervention. You might also have more in common with Oscar Newman than you're comfortable with.