Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Roads (cars) need well behave people too. The only way cars filter some of the out is by the price.




Price helps a whole lot, I think more than you give it credit for. Driving is also an active thing, this also helps.

We also police driving behaviour, in a way that nobody does for public behaviour.

And no matter what I don't have to hear or smell other drivers.


The vast majority of the anti-social behavior on public transit not relevant in automobiles because (1) you can't turnstile jump the gas tank, (2) an automobile is effectively very expensive set of headphones, and (3) you can inhale whatever you want in your vehicle and your neighbor doesn't have to breath it.

Automobiles are a wildly inefficient and expensive form of transportation in urban areas. At the same time, we ought to be willing to ask why a significant amount of our urban population still prefers to pay all that extra money to sit in traffic.


I think they have a point. But the anti-social behaviors in a car on the road are mostly a different set of anti social behaviors than you’d see on a bus or train. But they certainly exist.

Oh, no doubt that people can be anti-social on the road. My only point is that anti-social behavior on the road is different in kind.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: