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[–] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He's not a random person, he's a resident of the neighborhood where he made the change. City officials and this alleged traffic engineer would be considered the "random people" here as they have absolutely zero stake in any of this.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (1 child)

    City officials and this alleged traffic engineer would be considered the "random people" here

    It's literally their fucking job dude, what are you talking about.

    Why are they an "alleged" traffic engineer? Because you don't like what they did?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    So what if it's their job when they clearly aren't doing it and have no connection to the neighborhood? This is a lame appeal to authority fallacy.

    Some random official and random engineer checks some bad plans and paperwork and claims "stop signs and crosswalks aren't needed" so we should just automatically defer to their decision despite the residents who actually live at and use this intersection overwhelmingly claiming the exact opposite? That's utter nonsense.

    I say alleged traffic engineer because they're claiming they performed a traffic study at this intersection despite residents claiming to see zero evidence of this being performed, but I guess you believe job titles automatically bestow someone with unimpeachable honesty and integrity. A city official made the claim so it must be accurate and true.

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