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This should be part of every mayoral oath of office.
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“For children, the risk was even greater: a child hit by an SUV or LTV was 82 per cent more likely to die than one struck by a passenger car, with the risk increasing to 130 per cent among children under the age of 10.”
#cycling #biketooter #activetravel #waroncars #RoadSafety
https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-44-cent-more-likely-be-killed-suvs-313839
road.cc · Cyclists 44% more likely to be killed by “supersized” SUVs than smaller passenger vehicles, as researchers warn against “proliferation of larger vehicles”The study, which analysed real-world collision data from almost 700,00 crashes, also found that a child hit by an SUV or light truck driver was 82% more likely to be killed
"Actually, I find driving relaxing," says the person who immediately screams abuse at everyone else on the road if they're delayed by a quarter of a second.
"the more you drive, the less intelligent you are"
Repo Man remains relevant social commentary as well as effective #waroncars propaganda.
So, if that new law is passed this idiot will get two years for killing three people with a car but life imprisonment if he did with a bicycle?
"between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — two of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively."
Nice.
#waroncars cities are for people, not cars.
#urbanism #BikeTooter #pollution
https://momentummag.com/paris-proves-the-power-of-pedals-how-cycling-helped-cut-pollution-in-half/
Momentum Mag · Paris Proves the Power of Pedals: How Cycling Helped Cut Pollution in HalfSo how did Paris, once choked with vehicle traffic and notorious for its pollution, pull off such a turnaround?
NBC News: Woodpecker damages more than 20 vehicles in Massachusetts town
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woodpecker-damages-vehicles-massachusetts-town-rcna202755
NBC News · Woodpecker damages more than 20 vehicles in Massachusetts town
https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-car-crashes-cost-billions/ one of the challenges in getting funding for safety projects in the U.S. is that the costs of doing nothing are generally unreported and assumed to be zero. Extremely no. Normal is expensive and dangerous. #WarOnCars #SafeStreets
Mission Local · Car crashes in S.F. cost billions, report reveals
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If the insurance run around weren't bad enough, I just found out that if the guys insurance pays out a settlement beyond basic medical costs due to owing child-support I would never see any settlement cash.
Unclear what happens to the value of the vehicle, but thankfully the car was still in a family friends name and hadn't been transfer to my partner and I yet. So hopefully I don't need to get a family lawyer for that part.
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@brenttoderian.bsky.social “We don’t have to wait until all our suburbs are rebuilt to become European-style walkable utopias; it’s possible to get people out of their cars in a matter of months simply by running buses more frequently.” #transit #climate #WarOnCars
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Was making my way through stop and go traffic, things sped up for a little bit but came right back to a full stop.
Guy behind me missed the memo, was totally distracted, and just slammed into me probably around 40 mph.
I had just enough time to realize he wasn't stopping and right as I connected the dots I had an air bag in my chest.
I felt fine during the adrenaline, but definitely feeling a touch concussed now.
Extremely thankful this car had ample crumple zones for real.
Even game characters appreciate walkable places. Get with the program. Screw cars! #SafeCities #Walking #CleanAir #Tuesday #WalkableCities #WarOnCars #MurderedSoulSuspect
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@tshirtman @addressforbots @cstross
kinetic energy scaling with the square of your speed is a bitch.
but by "infrastructure" I don't mean "safer to drive". I mean less roads to drive on, take away the option of driving from as many people as possible. Driving isn't just dangerous, it is also horribly space inefficient. I want more parks and more playgrounds in my city and less asphalt strips with 2 ton death machines.
It's crazy how normal we think it is, that twice in a day (early morning, still sleepy, and after work, already tired) half the population gets into and controls heavy machinery that kills hundreds of thousands of people every year.
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Volkswagen takes yet again a leading position in another fraud scandal lasting 15 years involving all major car manufacturers!
#VW #waroncars #CircularEconomy #eucommission
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_881
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-04-08/lessons-from-tokyo-the-worlds-largest-city-is-car-free “A cute love affair will pop up around these busy train stations” #Tokyo #transit #trains #SafeStreets #WarOnCars
GBH · Lessons from Tokyo: the world's largest city is car free
Self-driving cars would have to be imbued with a morality, and once you try and do that you realise that cars are actually immoral. They are ‘kill and not be killed’ devices.
Truth bomb from James May, Top Gear! #robotaxi #waroncars #trafficviolence
London Cycling Campaign · Interview with James MayLCC meets the long time co-host of Top Gear and The Grand Tour to discuss bicycles and why they’re perfect around cities
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"or maybe you're trying to write the Pixar movie Cars and you have to dream up a world that is designed for cars rather than humans...
ya start by deleting the people.... aaaand you're done, because we already have that"
Lol
Great line from current read "Inclusive Transportation" by Veronica O. Davis:
"if autonomous and electric vehicles do as they predict, all we will achieve is moving congestion more efficiently, with cleaner air."