swampoodler t1_jbygj4i wrote on March 12, 2023 at 6:20 PM

Reply to comment by suffertunity in Shots fired on Green Line Metro train, suspect flees at Navy Yard: MTPD | WJLA by Yaratam

Bold to assume your perspective is purely rational.

Seems irrational to ignore increasing violence on Metro. Less people who find it safe, the more people who will drive.

suffertunity t1_jc06til wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:54 AM

On the contrary, the fact that people find driving less dangerous despite the fact that it's objectively far more dangerous is proof that their is not a direct relation between actual violence and how safe people find something.

What does make people feel unsafe on the metro and drive is redditors flipping out about every time a crime occurs anywhere on the metro.

swampoodler t1_jc07awz wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:58 AM

I’m pretty sure people having their own experiences of filth and creep on the Metro makes people wary of the Metro.

But you believe what you want, my dude.

suffertunity t1_jc07reo wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:01 AM

Well I've been in 1 serious car accident and have personally witnessed 3 other separate car accidents that had people carted off in ambulances afterward.

Can't say I've ever witness a shooting on the metro. But maybe that's just me.

swampoodler t1_jc08bi5 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:06 AM

Potomac Ave literally just had a shooting a month ago.

So yeah my dude count yourself lucky. Getting more wild to ride every day.

Cars are dangerous but that doesn’t take away from the absolute fact that Metro is getting worse in regard to safety. People are going to feel that, and decide to take an Uber / Lyft / etc instead when they can, or use their personal vehicles if they have one.

DC needs to up its police presence inside Metro stations and keep public transit safe to ride.