[Driver] was found at the scene with numerous illegal narcotics and packaging materials commonly associated with drug distribution…

Police say she has previously been arrested over 100 times, has more than 82 court warrants that have been issued for her, and has received 40 traffic citations.

So, prison, right? Right?

If being arrested every other month for two decades isn’t enough to correct behaviour, it’s time to throw the half measures out the window.

The rare occasion I’ve even noticed this, the difference is usually under a dollar. Probably intentionally, so it’s less likely to be noticed. In practice it doesn’t mean much for someone purchasing fewer higher ticket items.

In a dollar shop though, that’s inverted. The fifty cent difference between tag and register adds up a lot faster for many low priced products. Just like grocery shopping, it’s easy to overlook an extra dollar or so here and there, but on products that are only a dollar or so, suddenly you’re spending significantly more.

Soon enough, when every price label is digitized and controlled by a automated machine that guesses customer income by scraping our purchase history, this problem will be even worse.

I agree with your sentiment. I think it’s also intertwined with people feeling personally attacked when faced with being wrong about something.

The inability to admit being mistaken is a sad mindset to have.

In a similar vein, I’m sure a Fiat 500 could jump a jersey barrier driving at freeway speed straight at it.

Toronto barriers work well enough for preventing the average vehicle from casually driving through a bike lane to cut a corner or avoid a pothole, while also not being a hindrance for foot traffic.

It’s a pretty good middle ground. If it increases ridership, maybe fully segregated bicycle infrastructure could take root.

This style of barrier has been in use in Toronto for some time, albeit concrete, and they are tall enough that vehicles can’t drive over them without damage. Being waist high (like a jersey barrier) would prevent pedestrians from just walking over them.

I haven’t seen anything to indicate bicyclists have been falling because of this type of barrier.

That’s true, but in my experience, people that have landlords and people buying their own major appliances are two demographics that don’t overlap.

I look forward to our future where these companies incentivize landlords with a slice of the pie to install ad laden versions of every appliance. What a utopia we live in!

I suppose there is something to be said for solitary moments. The clandestine excitement is funny.

It brings to mind Daniel Craig in a DB5, nonchalantly scrolling the web, catching a peripheral glimpse of a uniform and peeling out down a staircase.

Call me dull but unless spaces are egregiously hard to come by, I’d pay ~£2 to not babysit a car looking over my shoulder and instead have a few extra minutes with my better half.

There are some little organisations like Pedal People that collect and dispose of waste via bicycle. I don’t have something like this in my area, but it’d be nice.

The numbers are per 100,000, but importantly it’s per 100,000 population - not per 100,000 ridership.

I don’t see anything in the methodology to account for population changes nor transit ridership increases. Both of which could produce these results without any tangible increase in violence. .

Using Toronto as the example, this article outlines a “assaults on Toronto-area transit leapt by 160 per cent”, which is referencing the increase from 18/100k to 35/100k. Looking at the TTC’s ridership data, 2014 saw 535 million riders, and 2024 crossed 800 million. This shows ridership and violent incidents have changed by a similar proportion - each increasing slightly less than 50%.

Only listing one of these data points reeks of disinformation to me. I half expected to see an F-150 ad halfway through the article.

I can’t speak for Sudbury, but I remember Toronto doesn’t even start plowing until 4-5cm of snowfall. In Finland, is the city of Oulu, where they give priority to cycle paths, plowing within a few hours of 2cm snow. The snow services in Oulu guarantee there will always be less accumulation that what it takes for Toronto to even begin.

Additionally, they don’t just push it off to the side, and call it done. They pack some of it down into a walkable and rideable surface. This allows year round use of the cycle network, with the largest dip in ridership being 20% when it’s colder than -20C.

Of course, this all must start by having such a network in the first place. Sidewalks are a good starting place. Hopefully, if Sudbury can keep them clear, the usage through the winter will help justify a higher budget to build out walking and cycling infrastructure.

Having experience in waste handling, I’m not sure how that estimate at the end came to be, indicating a year long effort to collect and transport the material. It is a remarkable amount of material to be disposed of like this, but it certainly wouldn’t take a year to tidy up.

The last set I used suggested riding 40km on asphalt or similar before going through ice and snow to ensure the studs were fully seated. You may want to check if yours have a similar recommendation.

Ah look at that, a prime example of working class against working class.

May the one percent smile upon you.

Statistically, that is true.

I’m all for alternative transportation but that blanket statement is closed minded.

Do you own clothing? Do your groceries come in packaging? Do you live in an insulated, electrified, and plumbed dwelling? To dismiss someone with ‘buying x supports big oil’ ignores the lack of viable alternatives and the society we have to live in.

It’s the same line of thinking that leads talking head of corporate media to question Stop Oil protesters about the plastic buttons on their shirt as if exemplifying hypocrisy.

Many people do not have their needs met in terms of public transport, cycle infrastructure, or even sidewalks. Buying an old combustion vehicle for a few thousand dollars is leaps and bounds better than spending tens of thousands an electric vehicle.

New off the line, or new to you? It doesn’t really support the manufacturer when buying used.

A used Suzuki Wagon R. Bumped into somebody with one last year and they were quite happy with it.

In my albeit anecdotal experience, these ‘very basic’ appliances suffer their own variant of faults. They take no modern design cues; they are more prone to reliability issues from bargain bin components; or they somehow cost only slightly less than their fancy feature rich counterparts.

Just because I don’t want off-white equipment in my kitchen, I shouldn’t have to buy an ‘AI’ oven. But the companies want to know when and what I’m cooking so when I go to the grocery in the middle of dinner prep, the AI price labels can adjust a bit higher because they know I need an ingredient right now for a meal I’ve already started making.

The variant of fault these normal appliances have aren’t truly a fault. It’s intentionally made to be less appealing, less reliable, and more expensive than it should be, so when we’re looking at a white oven in the store for $800, we’ll opt instead for the $1,000 Alexa powered stainless steel double range that’s sitting right next to it.

Oh and if you’re in a spot and need to finance your new appliance, sorry but our financing isn’t available for the budget tier.

This comment kind of went off the rails, didn’t it.