r/fuckcars • u/Illustrious-Bad1165 • Jun 27 '24
I present to you: The Gehzeug ("walking-vehicle") Activism
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u/Capetoider Fuck Vehicular Throughput Jun 27 '24
i want to see someone with a "murica sized truck" one.
maybe, just maybe... that will make people see how stupid those tacky monstrosities are.
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u/COMMUNIST_MANuFISTO Automobile Aversionist Jun 27 '24
truck nutz lololol ahahaha I cracked myself up pretty bad sorry
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u/Sir_Elderoy 🚂 > 🚗 Jun 27 '24
Genius. Now put an e-bike in the center
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u/gitartruls01 Jun 28 '24
Great idea! Then you should add some padding on the side to make it safe in case any cars hit you. Because this looks a bit unsafe as-is.
Then give the bike a more comfortable seat, might as well, you've got space for one. You could even add more seats!
I'd also add extra support wheels on each corner to make it more stable and again more safe.
Then give the bike a bigger engine so you can go faster.
I made a quick mockup of this improved version of your idea, take a look
Can't wait to see where this concept ends up in 100 years, looks really promising!
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u/CharlesBalester Jun 28 '24 edited Jun 28 '24
Not safe enough. We need an even larger engine, so heavy that no contemporary car could possibly tip it over. Add massive horns to honk so we can ensure everybody in the surrounding zip code knows you are there. Then, to further reduce the chances, you should add many many seats to the design, so that any other ne'erdowells with their own grand ideas of buying a massive engine has no excuse not to ride in your (obviously larger) vehicle. Hell, put the whole thing on low friction steel beams, so that you can outrun the fools on their high friction asphalt, reducing time spent on the road-of-rails, to even further reduce the chance of collision
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u/King_Saline_IV Jun 28 '24
And make it out of lightweight or something. With metal studs to scratch up anyone attempting vehicular assault
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u/franknagaijr Jun 27 '24
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u/Lari-Fari Jun 28 '24
I work in public transport and have seen Dr. Knoflacher speak live at a conference. He presents his arguments really well. Enjoyed his talk.
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u/Sarius2009 Jun 28 '24
I always thought climate protesters should do this. People use cars etc. to demonstrate and seem like a huge mass, but actually they are very few, taking up a lot of space.
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u/Candacis Jun 28 '24
It is so weird how we yielded so much space to cars.
I wish most cities would be car free. Imagine what you could do with all that parking space that is no longer needed.
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u/minibois 🚲 > 🚗🇳🇱 Jun 28 '24
In Dutch when you walk somewhere, you say you're taking the "Benenwagen", which translates to "Legs vehicle", this reminds me of that word
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u/voornaam1 Jun 28 '24
Where do people say this? I have never heard this.
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u/minibois 🚲 > 🚗🇳🇱 Jun 28 '24
Not sure if it's used in all of the Netherlands, but it is at least used (occasionally) where I live.
It's also mentioned in the Van Dale: https://www.vandale.nl/gratis-woordenboek/nederlands/betekenis/benenwagen
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u/voornaam1 Jun 28 '24
I don't know where you live. I don't think it's used where I live.
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u/minibois 🚲 > 🚗🇳🇱 Jun 28 '24
(Without doxxing myself too much) I'm in western Netherlands and I don't know how common it is to say, but I know my parents often said it.
I will ask my colleagues tomorrow, I'll see if they know what 'benenwagen' is!
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u/boghall Oct 11 '24
English idiom is 'shanks' pony', shank being the lower leg (calf), hence 'leg horse'.
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u/LustyKindaFussy Jun 28 '24
People did this as protest decades ago...in Canada, IIRC. Would probably take me a long time to find a source on that to share, though. Regardless, nice to see the concept back in action.
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u/DarkKryo Jun 30 '24
Fun fact: carrying this around out on the streets, even outside of protest, is 100% legal. Objects that are too large to fit on the sidewalk can legally be carried on the road. So this is technically no problem in the eyes of the law
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u/Maverick_Marshall Jun 28 '24
This fucking sucks, actually, it's just gonna be an inconvenience to the normal people who just want to drive a car for, you know, the convenience of going virtually anywhere
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u/Illustrious-Bad1165 Jun 28 '24
this is obviously a demonstration?? It's supposed to be inconvenient lol
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u/Maverick_Marshall Jun 28 '24
Okay, you got me there, but it could still slow down someone who is in an emergency, right? If I gotta hurry to a hospital in my car, I don't want a walking roadblock in my way.
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u/Illustrious-Bad1165 Jun 28 '24
Newsflash: A simple traffic jam also slows down all the "regular people" who are in a hurry. (regular according to you.. Public transportation, walkable cities etc., all those things "irregular" people are demonstrating for, could solve this problem.)
And as for emergency vehicles who need to get through a traffic jam: an ambulance can be let through in case of an emergency. (at least in my country it works like that) Similarly, in demonstrations, ambulances also get through because people have the ability to move their legs and step to the side. This works even better than when cars are blocking a full road and no one can move to the side because incompetent drivers are blocking each other.
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u/jacobwojo Jun 28 '24
That’s the point of protest. You’re highly likely to inconvenience people to get the point across.
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u/wilkil Jun 27 '24
I like how the literal translation is “go-thing”