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[-] grue@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

What you're looking at is a policy failure on multiple levels:

  1. Car-dependency in general, both in terms of transportation planning (making a stroad) and zoning (allowing the business to have a drive-thru to begin with).
  2. Failing to validate the capacity of the site design before approving it (yes, I know this was opening day -- but several drive-thrus near me overflow out onto the street every day, even after having been open for years, so this kind of failure is definitely a thing!).
  3. Failure to have the police show up to clear the traffic and ticket everyone blocking the road (possibly as well as the business itself).
[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There should be some kind of laws around drive thrus, their capacity, and blocking roads. Unfortunately since there aren't any yet i doubt a cop could actually ticket anyone. Plus a cop is just as happy to wait in the line and block the road as well, because that has been normal and business as usual since drive thrus have existed.

What is really frustrating is try blocking those same lanes as pedestrians or cyclists waiting in a line and suddenly everyone will tell you how unsafe and rude you are.

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