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DwZ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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A 19-year old Albuquerque woman became the third employee of the city’s bicycle safety center to be killed by drivers in the last two years

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A 19-year old Albuquerque woman became the third employee of the city’s bicycle safety center to be killed by drivers in the last two years

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DwZ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Teen was third employee of city bike safety center to die in bike crash
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Two weeks ago, Kayla VanLandingham was riding her bike home, as she had done many times before.
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    There is a lot of malpractice going on in traffic engineering (I say as a person trained as a traffic engineer). In a sane world, the engineer of record would lose his license for this sort of shit.

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      https://bookwyrm.social/book/1907724/s/killed-by-a-traffic-engineer

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        thank you

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        https://bookwyrm.social/book/320954/s/confessions-of-a-recovering-engineer

        See also: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4ZJBLI7Y9Vo-ogDOzMgLk1RrxAphs0Yv

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      That’s not an engineer thing that’s a law thing.

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        Who do you think writes the MUTCD, deciding which signage and road markings carry the force of law and which don’t (i.e. which are ‘regulatory’ and which are ‘advisory’)? Who do you think decides to use a particular type of signage and marking in a particular situation?

        This was 100% on the engineer, who specified a design inappropriate for the situation.

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          … If you think engineers make laws…

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            For the amusement of the rest of us, I’d love if you explained who you think writes building codes, electrical codes, municipal street codes, etc etc

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              Hmm hostility and wants an answer. Tell me how that goes in life.

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            What he’s saying is “the traffic engineers decided to use a flashing yellow indicator, which means nothing and carries no legal force, over a traditional stoplight or flashing red, which would require yielding.” Intersections, like every mile of roadway, are designed and signed off on somewhere by some engineer.

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            Do you have the air of a confidently incorrect Redditor garbage person?

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              Do you?

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                No u type response. Later chud. I will not be responding further. Thank you for proving my point

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                  Personal attack kind of responses, plural. Have a great day!

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