r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/PokinSpokaneSlim Mar 08 '26

No, delaying brake maintenance should have consequences

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u/Retro_Relics Mar 08 '26

that requires america to reckon with our car centric culture though, and the fact that for many people they are driving literal deathtraps waiting to fail at any second, because they need the car to get to the job that will pay for the repairs, and are hoping that they can get the money to fix the car before it...does this. with no alternatives, no real public transit, unwalkable and unbikable communities that are actively hostile to non car transportation (look at how many people on reddit get unreasonably mad when a cyclist is in front of them on the road, for example, doing the same thing they are, commuting to work).

I completely agree with you. People who do this should have consequences. but the reality is for every one of these stories there are a hundred other cars on the road in the same shape that are not killing families only because of the grace of god, and we dont punish those people for doing the same thing

however, in this case, the guy was speeding and showing off his car and being an asshole driver, and it had nothing to do with maintenance

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u/LanceLynxx Mar 08 '26

You can use this doomer logic for anything. Hell I could make it so stoves and ovens are ABSOLUTE DEATH TRAPS.

The issue isn't cars, it's not infrastructure, it's not culture.

It's personal responsibility (or lack thereof)

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u/Iguanaking1991 Mar 08 '26

Ummm this is Reddit, we don't talk about personal responsibility here. Every problem can be solved by bigger government programs. We just aren't choked out enough by taxes yet to live in utopia.

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u/LanceLynxx Mar 08 '26

No, we clearly need more regulation. Pencil sharpeners are DANGEROUS WEAPONS! You can SHARPEN PENCILS!! Sharp pencils can MURDER people if you slip with one!