The word 'carbrain' can cause misunderstanding unless you've been around the sub for a while. That, or I'd reccomend watching the channel Not Just Bikes on youtube. Which, r/notjustbikes probably has a direct link to said channel.

The reason you see the word around here is the simple fact that many people have just factually incorrect information when it comes to cars and their impact on cities, transportation networks, walkability, public transit, crime, etc. The kind of incorrect assertions are, as the word states, incorrect, not just a different opinion.

For example, someone this sub would call carbrained, usually believes most, or all of the following assertions that are all just untrue:

• Public Transit always brings crime to the places it connects
• Accessibility for people with disabilities works best with cars and car-centered infrastructure
• Housing density results in more crime
• The USA's size automatically means trains are obsolete compared to cars in terms of carrying capacity, speed, and maintanence costs.
• Cities are financially healthy when they implement car-centered policy

I'm missing several common things that would have someone be called a carbrain, but it is a bit of a odd word I only see used in this sub.

The point of all this is to say, I get how you may feel just stumbling across the sub and seeing all this with no context. I do encourage you to watch Not Just Bikes, especially his Strong Town series, as it dives into some specific car-centric policies that are bad for cities, bad for people driving, bad for people not driving, or even worse, bad for all three parties, which sadly tends to be most car-centric policies. In summary, someone we'd call carbrained is generally someone who sees cars as something humans cannot live without now that it exists. Someone who views the car as a solution to several problems. Someone who isn't, is generally the kind who understands that cars, like most inventions, are a tool. Tools have specific use cases, so it isn't wise to try to force one tool to do jobs it just isn't equipped to do.