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dgunay • yesterday at 7:48 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

In the Piers Anthony novel "On a Pale Horse", the protagonist is taught a lesson about empathy and perspective by being forced to experience the same scenario as a pedestrian, a bicyclist, and a driver.

Reading your comment and many others makes me think that the most "intractable" problem with shared transportation infrastructure isn't making it physically safe, it's getting people to treat other road users as human. Even a car-only road still has this problem.


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xsmasher • today at 12:30 AM

I think about that scene a lot, both when riding and when driving. What feels like a safe speed and safe distance while driving feels like neither when outside the car.