Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Incivility The New Normal in New York City and beyond

Something to ponder about! Lots of it might be an exaggeration, but some of the observations are to the point.

"... Now we have the advent of the e-bike industry, the presence of electronically powered bikes that four-year-olds are allowed to drive. Most of these bikes go 20-28 miles per hour [some e-bikes can actually go much faster up to 70 mph]. There are an estimated 65,000 e-bikes in New York City and many drive as if they are the only ones on the road. As these bikes proliferate, so do fires: lithium-ion batteries are exploding with regularity. ..."

Incivility Is The New Normal – OpEd – Eurasia Review an oped by William Donohue. The ubiquity of incivility is the new normal. 

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