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Pros of golf carts and neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) replacing all private cars within a city:

  • Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't a viable suburban commuter vehicle, meaning you'll probably only take it to the nearest transit station
  • Only goes as fast as a bicycle, so isn't likely to kill people
  • Excellent visibility, so less likely to run over children
  • Much smaller and lighter, so building parking garages for park-and-rides would be a lot cheaper and less objectionable than with our current style of cars
  • Electric
  • Smaller batteries than jumbo EVs
  • Compatible with dense, transit-oriented city development
  • Could be installed with mandatory speed limiters

Cons:

  • Less profit for GM and ExxonMobil
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't respect your argument because it assumes I'm trying to get rid of cars. I'm not, I'm trying to get rid of unnecessary car ownership / usage.

Did you know that taxis exist? Did you know that in many danish municipalities, it's completely normal for the municipality to own and operate several minibusses to ferry people who otherwise can't get around? Now you do. Now you can stop pretending that disabled people are a crutch to learn your devils-advocacy, or whatever that is, on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I'm not pretending anything. You're entire attitude is hostile and I'm done talking to you.