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dataminimizer OP t1_j1x1lvs wrote

Reply to comment by foreverurgirl in Did you drive drunk on Christmas? by dataminimizer

Any reason why you prefer to drive/Uber instead of using public transit?

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turtyurt t1_j1yds9d wrote

Way more direct. Don’t have to wait for delays. More private. Don’t have to worry about someone masturbating next to me. The list goes on

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dataminimizer OP t1_j1yse6w wrote

Wow how are you able to avoid delays from traffic while driving? Sounds like you’ve cracked the code!

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foreverurgirl t1_j1yva84 wrote

I have actually been masturbated at on the train twice… just responding to the above comment. I am not a pearl clutcher, but it is unnerving. I wasn’t going to comment that, but I am responding to the comment that included it.

I am a huge fan of walking when it’s close, but I don’t feel safe on the metro anymore. I used to love taking it- and I have always had a car here. It feels totally lawless at this point.

I have moments where I think- hey this will be easy I’ll take the metro, but then I always end up regretting it.

If we are taking about specifically while drinking, I feel safer with a direct pick up and drop off. Being in a car with a stranger feels kind of unsafe, but less unsafe than walking a distance after a few when I have to ability to take an Uber direct from point a to b.

I understand you specifically don’t prefer to drive, but other people do for reasons of safety and accessibility. Please understand that we also hate many unsafe and aggressive - from what I notice, commuter drivers. They make streets less safe for pedestrians and other drivers.

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foreverurgirl t1_j1yvfbw wrote

There is something to be said for being in your own space. It is a comfort thing. I don’t think that needs to be vilified.

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dataminimizer OP t1_j1yx4gv wrote

I appreciate your comment, your personal experience, and your rationale, and I’m sorry you feel unsafe on Metro. That’s definitely a problem. I’m not unreasonable and I won’t try to vilify you for choosing an Uber over Metro while on a night out. As long as you’re not drunk driving, whatever you prefer is fine by me!

While I’m generally pro-transit/walking/biking as a means of getting around the city, and have a strong distaste for the way car-dependent thinking and engineering perverts our city, that’s another story. This post was specifically about dangerous drunk and impaired driving.

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foreverurgirl t1_j1z02le wrote

It’s not even like the two incidents I described above. Even when conflict doesn’t spill on to me I have seen tons of fights, people yelling unhinged at other people, seen tons of drinking and drug sales. Metro used to be so clean and safe- or maybe I was younger and naive, but it is so rough now. If it was more visibly policed, at stations and on cars, I think it would help.

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Aonswitch t1_j1y2iy9 wrote

I’ve used the metro daily for three years at times ranging from early morning to lat night and it’s been fine

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dataminimizer OP t1_j1ytb7p wrote

You are much more likely to be killed or injured in a car crash than in an incident on Metro or the bus.

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SeanDonDraper t1_j1xrn4a wrote

Those darn turnstile hoppers making it unsafe for me to ride Metro!

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dataminimizer OP t1_j1yss0j wrote

The only conclusion I can draw from this comment is that you must always adhere to speed limits, stop signs, and other traffic laws with religious devotion.

Unless of course you think the traffic laws are the ones that are acceptable to be broken because “you’re not hurting anyone” and the 15 seconds you could save are really important?

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