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[–] [email protected] 7 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Amazon drivers aren’t Amazon employees, and aren’t paid well enough or treated well enough to care. Don’t be angry at the drivers, be angry at Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 20 hours ago

I have enough anger for both.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 20 hours ago

Fuck that. This isn’t some poor customer service shit. This is being an inconsiderate asshole on public property. Yes they are treated poorly but that’s not an excuse for every behavior.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

I suppose keying them is a criminal offence?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"Oh nooo, my bike handle accidentally smashed into the van while I was avoiding the obstacle in the bike lane."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Well, given that parking in a bike lane carries a hefty fine, and that the cops don't seem to care, it's unlikely that they'd be around to notice or choose to do anything about scratched paint or a broken headlight.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 20 hours ago

I'm just thinking from perspective of type of offence. In Canada you can park in the middle of the road and that's a non-criminal offence. You're getting a fine if someone is bothered to write you up. Purposefully keying a vehicle on the other hand is vandalism, which is a criminal offence. If you get caught, you'd get a record and potentially worse than a fine. It's a different level of punishment.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I have to deal with similar issues in my neighbourhood; any service vehicle will have to block the bike lane because that houses driveway is already full of vehicle.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 21 hours ago (15 children)

Service vehicle never "have" to block the bike lane. They could simply block the general purpose lane instead.

In other words, they are making a deliberate choice to fuck cyclists' safety in order to prioritize convenience for car drivers.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 21 hours ago

Curious how it never occurs to them to block the driving lane, or you know, park around the corner.

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