[nielsbjerg]

Even if we don't drive our cars all the time, we don't throw them into a pile and break them. We take care of our cars, keeping them for years, and when they are no longer used, they are recycled.

[jseliger]

The situation is oddly reminiscent of when cars were first introduced: https://qz.com/1257151/this-electric-scooter-mayhem-sounds-j....

If we allocated 15% of the street space to micromobility that we allocate to cars, all these discussions would vanish.

[repomies6999]

People take care of their cars only to a level where it makes economic sense. Same applies for bikes. There's plenty of badly treated cars everywhere.

[danso]

How many usable cars are abandoned by their owners to be dumped into random car graveyards?

[walshemj]

Depends on how strict your countries DVLA is. If you dump a car the last registered owner is going to get charged and fined for fly tipping - in the UK

[sfifs]

At the height of 2008 depression, expats leaving Dubai used to simply abandon their gas guzzlers in the airport parking lot leaving the keys inside