#roadviolence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #roadviolence, aggregated by home.social.
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"I walked to school at seven in Norway. The Road Safety Authority (RSA) says that's impossible."
https://olanordrum.substack.com/p/i-walked-to-school-at-seven-in-norway?utm_source=mastodon
#mastodaoine #RoadViolence #roadsafety #walking #childrensrights #StreetsAreForPeople
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RE: https://rssfeed.media/@guardianfeeds/117111482453907217
#Freakonomics covered this ages ago - the effect may be reducing, and monitoring drivers might be the answer
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/do-taylor-swift-and-bad-bunny-have-blood-on-their-hands/
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The full High Court ruling of Judge Cian Ferriter in _DPP v Heneghan_ [2026] IEHC 316 (21 May 2026) is available at:
#CarBrain #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #Kildare #MastoDaoine #Courts #HighCourt #IEHC
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'A 29-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a car hit pedestrians in central London on Sunday morning, leaving one woman in a life-threatening condition.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0yekk2vko
'Klaudia Zakrzewska, 30, and Anoush Chyche, a man in his 50s, were seriously hurt and another woman received minor injuries.'
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'Zero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as cycling campaigners slam “completely unacceptable” figures'
#London #Cycling Campaign: “One of the reasons behind hit-and-runs is the existence of unregistered or uninsured vehicles or drivers. The police can take action to reduce this by using the cameras that they have up on the roads and taking those vehicles off the roads."
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@spillanemike the very same nonsense spouted by lobbyists and certain councillors in Dublin a few years back, too - in a city where rush-hour traffic is persistently sub-10km/h, twice a day, every day.
Absolute bollocks.
#RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #BanCars #Love30 #MastoDaoine #Dublin #Rothar #BikeTooter
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CW: Road violence
'He has arrived at the scene of fatal road traffic accidents to find victims holding a phone.
“It’s heartbreaking. This is the reality over the last 10 or 15 years,” he said.
“And we have modern vehicles with everything at our fingertips, so much information coming at you that you are distracted from the road.
“That distraction is real and perverse.”'
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Thus, in-car navigation company's press release, I say to you: your claim that average driving speeds in Dublin are slower than an average person cycling IS UNPOSSIBLE.
#RoadSafety #Love30 #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeTooter