Re-posting this thread with the start of the new school year and the annual race among public agencies to see who can put out the most offensive, uninformed, and counterproductive "stay safe out there, kids" PSAs.

TL;DR: calling people outside cars is very bad form. Don't do it.

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Thanks, Dr. Tab. We really do need to change the way we think about transportation design, and considering people outside of cars as some sort of self-vulnerablizing interlopers has to end.

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@Osteopenia_Powers "self-vulnerablizing interlopers" is a brilliant term!

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