Disturbing video, likely human deaths
@breadandcircuses wow. that video really drives home how fragile our infrastructure is. devastating.
Traffic violence, death, profanity
How many children actually have to die before we stop this? It could easily have been my child, doing everything right--using the crossing, looking both ways, and looking both ways again, following the walk signal--and still getting fucking run over because somebody decided their "right" to drive a killing machine on a public street was more important than a child's life.
Traffic violence, death, profanity
...but OMFW the literal death threats my kid and I received once the trolls found my twitter handle. We deserve to die simply because neither of us is tall enough to see over the hood of a truck. Because we dare try to point out the risks these ridiculous vehicles and their drivers impose on us just for wanting to walk down our own street.
Literal death threats.
Traffic violence, death, profanity
The photo I posted here last week of my child, standing in front a lifted GMC Sierra parked in the street near our house--a street we are forced to walk in because we have no sidewalks, despite being in spitting distance of a school and a playground--has made the rounds on reddit, 4chan, and numerous other social sites I did not know existed.
The response seems to have been mostly, surprisingly, positive...
Traffic violence, death, profanity
Nothing seems to trigger carbrain more than pictures that illustrate the danger that modern-day pick-up trucks and SUVs pose to children.
It's amazing how defensive some people get about their so-called right to drive death machines on public streets.
Yet another child's life lost because of our collective refusal to put a stop to this nonsense.
Outside a fucking children's museum.
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/little-girl-dies-after-being-hit-f150-outside
@forpeterssake winding sidewalks and "artsy" bike racks!
just make it useful please!
HEY!! Are you coming to the AAAF Safe Mobility Conference in #ChapelHillNC next week?
If so, we have advice on getting around town *without a car*!
https://chapelhillmoves.com/news/2024-safe-mobility-conference-bike-routes
I could drive, and sit in traffic with everyone else.
Or I could ride my #bike, and whiz past that traffic in the fast lane.
#BikeTooter #carsRuinCities
https://urbanists.video/w/pmnZc6MHtP67PtEeF6DPJr
When you send me a document with bright yellow highlighting on it, here's what happens:
1. I open the document.
2. My eyes register the yellow as Bright Flashing Lights of Doom.
3. My brain, sensing a migraine, goes into panic mode.
4. I close the document and walk away.
5. Your document is wiped from my memory.
6. Our deliverable is late and you send me nastygrams, typically covered in Bright Yellow Highlighting.
7. Repeat.
Please don't use #BrightYellow highlighting.
This week in Complete, Safe, Equitable Streets: Matching walking and biking infrastructure to environment, traffic, and population contexts.
Lesson 1: Grading the appropriateness of infrastructure based on SEVDEA principles: Separation, Elevation, Visibility, Dedication, Accommodation, and Escapability
#CompleteStreets #SafeStreetsForAll #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #CarolinaPlanning
@forteller wow! that's really surprising! I'm not on reddit anymore so never would have seen this. seems like the tide there has turned since I left a few years ago.
@Madburger Respectfully, that private property is taking up an extraordinary amount of public space.
@owl
Oh that bike is awesome!!!
@reinhilde @magalhini
anyone who thinks the problem with these trucks can be solved with radars or cameras has not been paying attention
@gme oh, and the truck has checks in place to determine whether the radar is working 100% of the time, and shuts the whole vehicle down when it detects an issue, right?
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