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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    The fuel crisis and Australians’ love affair with petrol guzzling monster cars

    Now that the government is spruiking BIG car owners to "unload excess weight" and do their 'little bit' because of dwindling reserves, we are looking back on last year 's headlines to unravel how we got here.:

    " Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * Big cars are increasing Australia’s emission and fuel bills – but what are the alternatives for families?
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * ‘You have unmet needs’: the psychology behind Australia’s love affair with big cars
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    * Road hogs: what is Australia’s love of big cars costing us all?
    theguardian.com/global/2025/ma

    * The cars eating Australia: should we be trying to reverse our attraction to SUVs and utes?
    theguardian.com/australia-news

    ** The Government launches $20 million fuel saving campaign: "Every little bit helps" Along with asking the public to consider using their car less, the ads promote tips to improve vehicle fuel efficiency, such as "driving smoothly" and "unloading excess weight". >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/gov

    Image: Australia loves huge SUVs and trucks. First Dog on the Moon
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #FossilFuel #fuel #petrol #cars #vehicles #SUVs #CarDependency #PetrolDependency #EnergySecurity #consumption #climate #pollution #RaodTrauma #BigCars #BigCarparks #FuelGuzzlers #FuelSaving #TaxPerks #NegativeExternalities #RoadFatalities #RoadDeaths #speed #pedestrians #MobilityDesign #governance #Australia #love #big #ExcessWeight #roads

    #fossilfuel #fuel #petrol #cars #vehicles #suvs
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Motorists killing road workers? Money over lives?
    We'd rather not know

    "The way road trauma was classified contributed to that visibility problem."

    "A traffic controller killed at a roadworks site does not appear in a public 'road worker' category."

    "...While Queensland published weekly road toll figures, there was no one publicly accessible source that integrated public road fatalities, work-related road deaths, serious injury hospitalisations in one place or in near-real time. Road workers are especially vulnerable because they are exposed on high-speed corridors where a single reckless decision can have catastrophic consequences."

    "Tragically, one afternoon Suzanne was struck by a truck travelling 106km/h in a 60km/h zone. The truck drove on the footpath and killed her." >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-03-10/qld
    #roads #RoadTrauma #RoadFatalities #SacrificeZone #cars #OHS #work #RoadToll #RoadSafety #accountability #NegativeExternalities #invisibility #speed #footpaths

    Image: Coffs Harbour, Pacific Highway conveyor belt 'upgrade', less bush but ready for a bright fossil fuel future without cycle paths and footpaths.

    #roads #roadtrauma #roadfatalities #sacrificezone #cars #ohs
  3. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Zero Road Deaths?
    Killer roads - Can Australia reduce road deaths to zero by 2080?

    * Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
    "The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities. Capped speed limits and investments in pedestrian, cycling and public transport infrastructure have helped reduce traffic deaths in Helsink" >>
    politico.eu/article/helsinki-n

    * 355 people - killed on NSW roads in 2025
    The injured, the life-altering injuries and killed wildlife are not in these statistics.
    nsw.gov.au/ministerial-release

    * Australian road deaths are following dangerous USA trend, expert warns
    "A recent rise in Australia’s road toll suggests we are following a USA precedent of rising pedestrian deaths that started long ago." >>
    drive.com.au/news/australian-r

    * Can we cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong? >>
    theconversation.com/can-we-cut
    #Roads #cars #SUVs #speed #RoadTrauma #RoadFatalities #NSW #MobilityDesign #pedestrians #cyclists #infrastructure #PublicTransportation #SacrificeZone #wildlife

    #roads #cars #suvs #speed #roadtrauma #roadfatalities
  4. Su_G @[email protected] ·

    @tml
    Yes, totally agree. A rolling five year average makes more sense to report, smoothing out those statistical one-offs (flukes) & better enabling sight or understanding of real change over time. Still an impressive achievement as it’s often said (in public health circles) that it can’t be done).

    #publicHealth #roadToll #roadFatalities #roadTrafficAccidents #rollingAverage

    @BrentToderian

    #publichealth #roadtoll #roadfatalities #roadtrafficaccidents #rollingaverage
  5. contributopia @[email protected] ·

    Global road fatalities remain unacceptably high and rethinking mobility is the only solution: blogs.worldbank.org/transport/ #RoadFatalities #mobility #safety #sustainability #inclusion @euklidiadas @macfranc @JauneBaguette

    #roadfatalities #mobility #safety #sustainability #inclusion