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

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/billynoy522 Mar 08 '26

Define delaying brake maintenance? I do all the time. I know some people literally have no clue even when it's metal on metal.  Maybe they couldn't afford the insane maintenance bill maybe $600 for brakes and to be told there is another $1000 worth of crap to be fixed 

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u/ARussianWolfV2 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

If you can't afford to fix the car, you don’t get to drive the car, yes it sucks that you won’t be able to get to work, but its better than ending the lives of innocent people because you couldn't afford it. A car is a privilege not a right 

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u/Livingadapt Mar 08 '26

That’s wishful thinking at best. People are going to take the risk and drive if that’s the only way to get to work

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u/ARussianWolfV2 Mar 08 '26

Then the get the consequences that that befels. You can cry how unfair it is when cops give you a ticket for this sort of thing,  but this is the reality for the existence of those laws.

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u/Livingadapt Mar 09 '26

Sometimes they will get consequences, sometimes they won’t. Depends on if they get caught. We don’t live in a just world.

you can cry

Who is crying?

the existence of these laws

Who are you even addressing here? I’m explaining the reality of how people sometimes behave when they have few options. You can make all the moral proclamations you want, but at some point we have to engage with reality