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by skrrtww 107 days ago
When I was 12, I watched a redneck in a pickup truck try to race the light rail downtown and cut across the road in front of it, only to get T-boned by the railcar against a nearby station. It was the middle of the day and the guy was definitely sober.

People in the U.S. are simply constructed differently, and as a result I think are unfortunately immune to a lot of the subtle forces that generally help to improve safety in other civilized societies.

2 comments

Ask yourself if calling him a redneck offers your story anything or if you're just using it as a slur
People? You mentioned one person (who won a Darwin Award--hopefully he hadn't already bred).

P.S.

As for the absurd response, the assertion was

> People in the U.S. are simply constructed differently

and a handwaving reference to an intercity train system from someone who can't even be bothered to make any sort of argument does not establish the point.

Look up the brightline rail system in Florida if you want a lot more examples.