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‘Heartbreaking’: 2-year-old girl dies after being hit by car on beach (www.atlantanewsfirst.com)
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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 153 points 2 days ago (3 children)

“No words can express how sad this is, and there’s nothing that will make that family feel better,” said Joe Ryan, who lives in Volusia County.

“I don’t think driving on the beach should be done away with. I think it is a good thing, but maybe there should be a driving lane that is fenced off and a separate walking path,” Ryan said.

Fuck off Ryan, car belong on the road, not beach.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 105 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The US sounds like such a hell hole with people like Ryan in it.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says a 2-year-old girl was hit by a car after running into a traffic lane on the beach about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

How is there a traffic lane on the beach? Who did this? How does this happen?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 53 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Lol, it's a thing apparently, a "Florida tradition".

Imagine looking at the beach & thinking 'yeah, needs more cars' ...

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but what else are you supposed to do? Walk?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

And just carry all the guns & gators??

Needs a car minimum, pickup truck preferably.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 days ago

Oh my god it's as bad as it sound

[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago

Now this is dystopian :-(

[–] Troooop@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

This is insane!

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago

We should have car lanes on the beach!

so we should have bike lanes on the road?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 4 points 1 day ago

What if we pave the whole tging and fence it off, so people are safe.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 80 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What fucking kind of shithole place allows driving of anything but emergency vehicles on a public beach?!

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 days ago

Second amendment, my dude. Cars are for killing, that makes them weapons. The second amendment to the us constitution is real clear; 'shall not be infringed'.

[–] Tire@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s dangerous for emergency vehicles to drive in beaches too. There was a case of a patrol SUV running someone over not too long ago. Poor vehicle sight lines is a big factor.

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What fucking kind of shithole place allows the approval/sale of anything with poor vehicle sight lines?!

Oh wait, i live in a shithole place that allows these monstrously large SUVs and pickup trucks on our roads

[–] blubfisch@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago

While everyone is rightfully shitting on the US for having cars on the beach, you should know, this is not unique. There is one beach in Germany that still allows it and more around Europe. Here is a German article from the Spiegel about it (with pictures): https://www.spiegel.de/auto/fahrkultur/st-peter-ording-deutschlands-einziger-autostrand-a-1100449.html#fotostrecke-ed6440ad-0001-0002-0000-000000138852

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 88 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What is a car doing on a beach?

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 96 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Americans too fat to walk from the carpark to the beach.

I'd say that as if it was a joke but it appears to be what happened here.

Why the fuck would you allow vehicles onto the beach in the first place to drag their oily bullshit up on the sand

[–] square@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Daytona has a long racing history that goes back to before the speedway was there. Back then they used to race on the beach because it's long, straight, and flat. That's where the tradition of driving on the beach comes from and it's considered part of the local culture and a defining aspect of that part of Florida. That's why there is so much resistance to getting rid of it.

[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago

"Culture"

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this is why it's important not to swim too far out from shore or you could get hit by a car in a riptide

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sad part is recently a cyber truck did try to go into water recently

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

see i thought the sad part was when a kid died

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I dont recall tesla as boat was related to any deaths. Just lowering the bar for human intelligence.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The cybertruck was destroyed by the effort

I guess Musk never succeeded in his "you could use it as a boat" statement

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Volusia County is like the Florida of Florida, it's where Daytona (of Daytona 500 and Daytona Bike Week) is, and it's one of just 4 or 5 places in FL that allow driving on the beaches.

A woman was hit by a car on this beach in March, a 3 year old was hit in April, and now this (almost) 2 year old, and that's just this beach, just this year, so far.

If you're still wondering why this is allowed to continue (and will be indefinitely), watch this short interview with a Volusia County Council member, and see on his face how many fucks he gives:

https://youtu.be/YWleqRrPvmg

[–] johnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

My parents have an old picture in a photo album of them on that beach. Followed by a picture of some guys expensive muscle car being washed away by the rising tide

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So that’s why us Australians call USA beaches dog shit. Why the fuck does any authority of any level of government allow cars on beaches?

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago

There are plenty of beaches in Australia that allow vehicles.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tbf most American beaches don't allow cars. But there are more exceptions to that than you would think and there is a large demographic that absolutely loves them.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Terrible beaches in most of the country, if your standard is based on what you find in a travel brochure.

People are always shocked to find out that most WA and OR beaches are designated highways - and then they get there and see them it makes plenty of sense. Km on km of beach with fuck all there, 500m of dune covered in razor grass between you and the houses, occasional 1-inch fjords, the nice soft bits near the dunes sometimes have pits of quicksand, and the whole thing is you-have-to-shout windy and fucking FREEZING. And then theres how shit the beach itself is, which once you get past the dune areas (not highway, precious and beautiful ecology) is just several hundred meters of hard-packed sand or outright gravel and then blump. Ocean.

The nice bits of beach are all protected from vehicle traffic, the parts where you get good surfing waves or scenic vistas or are near a population center, but the vast majority of the coast is only ever visited to dig up clams or blow up dead whales.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago

I wonder if it's West Australians who call American beaches bad. West Australia has the most beautiful white sand beaches, everywhere else looks dirty to them

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But how else will we get cops there?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In Australia, they park and walk

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cops can't walk, don't be absurd.

[–] __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, they need Segways with big beach tires

[–] ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

That would still involve being outside, breathing the same air as us

[–] rob200@retrofed.com 0 points 1 day ago

This wouldn't happen with public transit. At the very least it is much much less likely.

I feel like cars should be either heavily restricted at beaches or banned. If someone is at a beach playing in the sand and normal beach activities and a car could cause this type of distress. If not banned there should at the least be a more clearly visible parking lot seperated from the beach.