turtyurt t1_j1yds9d wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:37 AM

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

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

dataminimizer OP t1_j1yse6w wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:57 AM

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

foreverurgirl t1_j1yva84 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:32 PM

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.

foreverurgirl t1_j1yvfbw wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:34 PM

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.

dataminimizer OP t1_j1yx4gv wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:52 PM

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.

foreverurgirl t1_j1z02le wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:22 PM

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.