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New Plymouth councillor complains cycle lane separation barriers will ruin his sports car (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does this headline seem fair to you? He's a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to present the article if you ask me.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (13 children)

him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one.

That seems like a him problem, not mine.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago (12 children)

That phrase does not appear in the article. Why are you using a quote that doesn't exist?

would prevent him pulling his sports car out of the way for emergency services vehicles in a timely fashion.

This is the crux of the article, which both you and Dave seem unable to comprehend. It seems like a reasonable concern to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As mentioned by DarkThoughts, he is quoting something that exsists: Your own text in this post.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one.

This does not appear in the article, which is heavily implied by the way he used it.

He's also used the quote in a way where it completely changes what was said, which isn't cool either

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