Cars are objects. Streets are places. But in my Kansas hometown, drivers forget these simple facts.

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 716

Last Updated: 2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Cars are objects.

That means they exist in the same physical space as people and dogs and cats and duck-billed platypuses. That means they exist alongside other cars and trucks and mopeds and penny-farthing bicycles.

So why doesn’t anyone act like it?

In recent weeks, driving through my hometown of Lawrence, I have witnessed repeated violations of this basic precept.

Drivers appear ignorant of the concept of physical space. If you stop your car in …

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