Hell, just needing a jump start becsuse your battery died can be a PITA if you have to rely on strangers.
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Columbus is special. It's a 15 minute city by car outside rush hour. But gods help you if you don't have a car. The bus comes like every hour.
I spent years there trying to convince people that it needs light rail
Looks like you had a really good light rail system up until the late '70s?
https://allcolumbusdata.com/rail-transportation-history/
I'm assuming Judge Doom got involved at that point and paved over the lines
That looks more like they had a role in the national rail lines and trams, before proposing a really good light rail system and continuously changing their minds to oppose it. Which is exactly what I'd always heard. "Rail is too expensive and difficult and it doesn't work, we've tried and it keeps getting proposed and shot down"
Cars (like any technology under capitalism) are meant to keep people dependent, desperate, and exploitable.
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Out of interest did you see the rest of the story? Looks like OOP deleted the tweet.
I did, it was a lovely little story about how the kid thought OP was a lot younger than she actually is, I think
In my country, most people who own a car are also members of a drivers' club where you pay a membership fee in exchange for being able to call them for assistance in situations like this (they might repair or tow your car). Is that not a thing in the US?
American drivers are required by law to purchase car insurance, and "roadside assistance" as it's called is usually a mid or premium feature of said insurance
I see, car (liability) insurance is also mandatory here, but it's a separate thing from automobile club membership.
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It is, but they're expensive, and since owning a car is already a pretty expensive necessity not everyone has it.
It's not terribly expensive. It costs like 2 tanks of gas a year. And you can usually sign up for AAA over the phone after you've already broken down on the side of the road. If you're still financing your car, you probably already have roadside assistance. Expecting car owners/drivers to be financially prepared for a breakdown isn't car-brained it's just part of the social contract.
OK, in my country it's about 100 euros for an entire year, ie much less expensive than many other expenses that come with owning a car.
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