I tend to avoid #NewYearsResolutions, but not this year.
In 2024, I resolve to push back every single time someone uses the term #VRU, or #VulnerableRoadUser.
It's a transportation catchall for "humans not safely ensconsed inside a motor vehicle," and it's lazy, inaccurate, offensive, and counterproductive.
@DrTCombs
There is no place in our society for the term, #vulnerableroaduser
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@Streetsweeper and yet there it is, in SO MANY policies, reports, research studies...
