Cait
Smythe – not being sympathetic to the needs of people who do a wide range of things for a living is not helping this conversation. Those lanes are unsafe with just two cars trying to make that maneuver. Or one car and one of those buses. It has absolutely nothing to do with volume, it just isn’t a point that you can back up with facts enough to justify telling people how to live their lives instead of just finding a solution that works for everyone. It’s just lazy thinking to think that everything would be better if people had your same values.
How about people with jobs like the one described above and many others? People with autoimmune problems who cannot risk being around that many germs? People with disabilities who cannot make it between bus stops for various reasons? You don’t get to pass judgement on everyone without thinking about every single person making that choice. Living on the earth should teach a person that, but I guess if belittling people is preferable.. I get it. It certainly must be more convenient.