Cars were stopped and chains were used to block traffic lanes on the famous bridge. Protesters also blocked traffic in Chicago, New York City and Seattle.
Too bad it also blocks bus traffic. And it’s not like the buses have an alternative route.
Edit: in fact it’s worse for bus passengers as the Golden Gate Transit system relies heavily on timed transfers and many buses run once an hour, so even a 10 minute delay could cause bus passengers to miss their transfer and make them have to wait an hour.
Strictly technically speaking, a F59PH engine unit of a train is about 265 000 lbs whereas an F-150 pickup truck averages around 5 000 lbs. In a train you might hear but you definitely won’t feel running over protestors from the cab, whereas in a car you will be rocked as if you were going over speed bumps. As such there is a little bit of difference in capability there.
The advantage in a car or truck of course is you have more choice of where to run over protestors. If you far enough away from a pair of parallel steel rails you can rest assured as a protestor that a train won’t show up and run you over. Unless you’re in this movie.
I support any protest that blocks car traffic. The fact that the protesters are protesting something important is a nice bonus.
Yeah fuck those people trying to get to work!
exactly
Too bad it also blocks bus traffic. And it’s not like the buses have an alternative route.
Edit: in fact it’s worse for bus passengers as the Golden Gate Transit system relies heavily on timed transfers and many buses run once an hour, so even a 10 minute delay could cause bus passengers to miss their transfer and make them have to wait an hour.
The fact that the us has abysmal public transit is not a reason to oppose protests.
First world problems.
Beats getting crushed by rubble or starving to death, that’s for sure.
If you hold me hostage, violence is an option.
You’re not a fucking “hostage;” just get out of your damn car and quit being dramatic.
ur not hostage you can get out of your car
That’s a pretty ableist assumption on your part.
It’s not a hostage situation if you can turn around and leave.
How do you turn around when you’re boxed in?
use the door dumbasd
Turn the car around by using the door
you are not a car
If I’m not a car what door am I using to turn around?
You can walk past protesters. You don’t have to turn around.
Aight, lemme scoot around y’all then and I’ll be on my way.
One more reason why trains are superior than any other form of commute.
My car is equally capable of rolling over protestors. So, there’s not much a difference on this front.
Strictly technically speaking, a F59PH engine unit of a train is about 265 000 lbs whereas an F-150 pickup truck averages around 5 000 lbs. In a train you might hear but you definitely won’t feel running over protestors from the cab, whereas in a car you will be rocked as if you were going over speed bumps. As such there is a little bit of difference in capability there.
The advantage in a car or truck of course is you have more choice of where to run over protestors. If you far enough away from a pair of parallel steel rails you can rest assured as a protestor that a train won’t show up and run you over. Unless you’re in this movie.
If the objective was to run over protestors, rumble feedback might be a positive instead of a negative.
That is a good point.
Me too.
If Americans want the protests to stop, they should stop funding genocide.
The protesters should stop funding the genocide themselves if they want results