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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame (blog.ucs.org)

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[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's probably going to get worse

[–] MichaelScotch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Please bike if you can

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Sorry, I don't want to be the pessimistic person but I don't have a driver's license and cycle almost everywhere I can.

I don't even live in the US and feel like a second class citizen. Everyone around me is encouraging me to get a license and a real vehicle. To them, cycling is not serious. Cyclists are dangerous and cycling is dangerous. You are not a real person to society if you dont drive. The social pressure is insane.

Even the police is telling me to be careful and think of the poor car driver that would be traumatized by hitting me. It's their way of doing safety prevention.

Bike if you can. But be aware that you will need to be strong in multiple ways. Not just the legs.