#roadviolence — Public Fediverse posts

'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.'

#Soho #London #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #motorists

Serous road traffic incident on Fassaugh Road in Cabra - road is fully sealed off to traffic (pedestrian access maintained - footpath only) in both directions between Dowth Ave/Attracta Rd and Delvin Rd/Eithne Rd, while Garda technical examination is carried out.

Diversions are in place for Dublin Bus Route 120 via Carnlough Road.

#DB120 #Rothar #RoadViolence #BikeTooter #Cabra #Dublin #MastoDaoine

Serous road traffic incident on Fassaugh Road in Cabra - road is fully sealed off to traffic (pedestrian access maintained - footpath only) in both directions between Dowth Ave/Attracta Rd and Delvin Rd/Eithne Rd, while Garda technical examination is carried out.

Diversions are in place for Dublin Bus Route 120 via Carnlough Road.

#DB120 #Rothar #RoadViolence #BikeTooter #Cabra #Dublin #MastoDaoine

Serous road traffic incident on Fassaugh Road in Cabra - road is fully sealed off to traffic (pedestrian access maintained - footpath only) in both directions between Dowth Ave/Attracta Rd and Delvin Rd/Eithne Rd, while Garda technical examination is carried out.

Diversions are in place for Dublin Bus Route 120 via Carnlough Road.

#DB120 #Rothar #RoadViolence #BikeTooter #Cabra #Dublin #MastoDaoine

Serous road traffic incident on Fassaugh Road in Cabra - road is fully sealed off to traffic (pedestrian access maintained - footpath only) in both directions between Dowth Ave/Attracta Rd and Delvin Rd/Eithne Rd, while Garda technical examination is carried out.

Diversions are in place for Dublin Bus Route 120 via Carnlough Road.

#DB120 #Rothar #RoadViolence #BikeTooter #Cabra #Dublin #MastoDaoine

Serous road traffic incident on Fassaugh Road in Cabra - road is fully sealed off to traffic (pedestrian access maintained - footpath only) in both directions between Dowth Ave/Attracta Rd and Delvin Rd/Eithne Rd, while Garda technical examination is carried out.

Diversions are in place for Dublin Bus Route 120 via Carnlough Road.

#DB120 #Rothar #RoadViolence #BikeTooter #Cabra #Dublin #MastoDaoine

'Zero arrests from 106 hit-and-runs on cyclists in London last year, as cycling campaigners slam “completely unacceptable” figures'

https://road.cc/news/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."

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #UK #bikeTooter #law #motorists

@fesshole https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/motoring-news/drivers-splashing-pedestrians-face-fines-of-up-to-5000/

"...the RAC is warning drivers they face fines of up to £5,000 for splashing pedestrians by speeding through puddles."
"The RAC reminds motorists to be careful when driving on wet roads, particularly as splashing could see them slapped with a public order offence, on top of the hefty fine."

#roads #motorists #RoadViolence #RoadDanger #FuckCars

@theguardian_us_opinion > 'Even when drivers commit blatant breaches of the law, enforcement is patchy and inconsistent, thanks to roads policing having been cut to the bone. And every attempt to tighten the rules is met with cries of a “war on motorists”. This narrative must end.'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/06/driving-deaths-prison-sentences-uk-road-safety-laws

#RoadViolence #UK #England #motorists

'Meet the pupils teaching speeders a lesson in Kids Court'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyxpxx4xllo

'"Having drivers come into the school, meeting pupils face-to-face asking uncomfortable questions, personalises the message about road safety... it brings it home in a very powerful," he said.'

'"Speeding is not a low level crime. It's dangerous because with speed there are no second chances and lives can be lost. "'

#UK #NorthernIreland #schools #education #RoadViolence #motorists

Question for #Rothar and #BikeTooter peeps: are there any examples from anywhere of cycling advocates successfully pushing back against/overturning policies to make helmets and high viz mandatory in law?

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#Cycling #MastoDaoine #RoadSafety #RoadViolence #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeNite

The 2026 Cars & Crime Symposium will take place in Ilkley (West Yorkshire) on 30–31 July.
The call for abstracts is now open (https://jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/call%20for%20abstracts.pdf).
If you are conducting research on the intersection of crime and road traffic (see examples below) we would love to hear from you. Deadline: 17 April.
#RoadViolence #ActiveMobility #Criminology #SustainableTravel

@LovesTha Here in Ireland, there are existing laws governing the use of bike lights (and governing e-assist/motor-powered vehicles, the latter essentially prohibited).

The only thing not the topic of lobbying is driver behaviour, despite the data on road safety/violence clearly showing the source of danger on the roads.

#Rothar #BikeTooter #RoadSafety #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

@magicalgrrrl

The union is talking about all cycling, not only e-bikes.

Pretty much everyone cycling is a worker.

There is zero empirical evidence that high viz improves safety: all that this groundless approach does is place the burden onto vulnerable road users of other people's driving behaviours.

All this, while lights are already mandatory under law for use on bikes between dusk and dawn.

#Rothar #BikeTooter #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #MastoDaoine

Fuck those anti-worker bus drivers all the way to hell

https://www.thejournal.ie/bus-drivers-cyclists-6960228-Feb2026/

#Rothar #BikeTooter #JoinAUnion #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine #Dublin

@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

'Hundreds of pedestrians hurt or killed on Surrey roads last year'

Britain: '1,602 deaths reported last year – the equivalent of four people killed in crashes each day.'

https://www.farnhamherald.com/news/hundreds-of-pedestrians-hurt-or-killed-on-surrey-roads-last-year-836830

'* 331 pedestrians.
* 1,867 car occupants
* 309 cyclists
* 453 motorcyclists
* 93 van occupants
* 10 HGV occupants
* 15 bus occupants
* 42 other road users'

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #motorists #ActiveTravel #transport #walking #cars #Surrey #England #UK #cycling

Why does it look like progress in reducing road deaths stopped around 2010 even as collisions reduced - coincidence or #Austerity / #Conservatives ? Then again, collisions have been up again since 2020.

"How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"

https://ourworldindata.org/britain-safest-roads-history

"Today, the United Kingdom has one of the lowest road death rates in the world.2 You can see it compared to other countries in the chart."

#RoadViolence #RoadDanger #UK #transport #roads #motorists

A great piece by Ella McSweeney on the campaign to make local rural roads into 'Rothar Roads,' accessible for all. ❤️

"These roads are essentially natural greenways with hedgerows overflowing with wildflowers which we can see and experience in a different way."

https://web.archive.org/web/20250903073253/https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2025/08/30/roads-arent-just-for-cars-the-dairy-farmer-reclaiming-boreens-for-everyone/

(Archived link to maintain the boycott of The Irish Times)

h/t @spillanemike

#Rothar #TotharRoads #Greenways #MastoDaoine #BikeTooter #StreetsAreForPeople #RoadViolence

"Cyclist left in life-threatening condition following road traffic collision in Woodley"

https://wokingham.today/cyclist-left-in-life-threatening-condition-following-road-traffic-collision-in-woodley/

'Investigating officer Police Sergeant Matthew Cadmore, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision to please get in touch"'

#Wokingham #Woodley #cycling #RoadViolence #UK

"Cyclist left in life-threatening condition following road traffic collision in Woodley"

https://wokingham.today/cyclist-left-in-life-threatening-condition-following-road-traffic-collision-in-woodley/

'Investigating officer Police Sergeant Matthew Cadmore, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision to please get in touch"'

#Wokingham #Woodley #cycling #RoadViolence #UK

"Cyclist left in life-threatening condition following road traffic collision in Woodley"

https://wokingham.today/cyclist-left-in-life-threatening-condition-following-road-traffic-collision-in-woodley/

'Investigating officer Police Sergeant Matthew Cadmore, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision to please get in touch"'

#Wokingham #Woodley #cycling #RoadViolence #UK

"Cyclist left in life-threatening condition following road traffic collision in Woodley"

https://wokingham.today/cyclist-left-in-life-threatening-condition-following-road-traffic-collision-in-woodley/

'Investigating officer Police Sergeant Matthew Cadmore, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed this collision to please get in touch"'

#Wokingham #Woodley #cycling #RoadViolence #UK

5 people killed per day on UK roads!

"Why we need the media to join the dots on road danger"

https://www.eta.co.uk/news/why-we-need-the-media-to-join-the-dots-on-road-danger

"But it missed something crucial. Harry’s death, while particularly high-profile, was not an isolated incident. On average, five people die on Britain’s roads every day. Families up and down the country are dealing with similar losses, often without the media attention or political outrage."

#RoadDanger #RoadViolence #roads #cars #motorists #UK #transport

The human carnage on the roads - "accidents" and road violence

"In Australia, a country with a terrible occurrence and societal acceptance of violent road deaths (would we, for example, be so lackadaisical about the death “toll” were we measuring killings, accidental and otherwise, involving knives or dogs or lawnmowers?), we are culturally imbued with notions of our “rights” rather than our “privileges” when it comes to motor vehicle driving. Something to do with our vast expanses and wide-open roads perhaps."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/when-dad-couldnt-drive-any-more-it-was-devastating-but-he-was-just-too-old
#RoadViolence #cars #SUVs #roads #violence #accident #RoadTrauma #RoadTrafficFatalities #roadkill #sprawl #Australia #MobilityDesign

Australians’ love affair with monster family cars

"These big cars are fuelling congestion, blocking up streets and outstripping the size of car parks, leading to calls to build bigger ones – dismaying safety and environment advocates."

"The Monash University Accident Research Centre has also found that larger cars are much more likely to cause deaths and serious injuries to other people when they’re in an accident."

“We’re breathing emissions, our children are breathing emissions...You’re polluting the air.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/15/you-have-unmet-needs-the-psychology-behind-australias-love-affair-with-big-cars
#cars #SUVs #families #Australia #identity #schoolrun #climatechange #pollution #RoadViolence #MobilityDesign #standards #governance

The deadly 3,000kg car bloat trend

Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

"Also in recent years, Australia has spectacularly failed at its mission of bringing down road deaths and serious injuries. Speed – and their proclivity to be driven faster – and overall height make larger vehicles far more likely to kill or cause serious injury when hitting pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes and smaller cars."

"Newstead warns how this mentality can lead to an arms race to larger cars for those wanting to bolster their own safety. Crucially, if a driver can’t make eye contact with a pedestrians, “they are going to drive as though they aren’t there”"
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous
#vehicles #cars #SUVs #speeding #RoadViolence #drivers #pedestrians #CarBloat #CarMinds #cyclists #families #SchoolDropOffs #SacrificeZone #MobilityDesign #failure #FossilFuel #climate #regulation

266 caught using phone while driving during 24-hour Garda operation

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0116/1491314-gardai-phone-drivers-penalties/

via @TheJournal

Meanwhile, using a phone-hands fee or hand-held are each as unsafe as drink driving:

https://www.brightmile.io/blog/both-hands-free-and-hand-held-calls-while-driving-are-as-unsafe-as-drink-driving?hs_amp=true

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #AnGardaSíochána #MastoDaoine

266 caught using phone while driving during 24-hour Garda operation

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0116/1491314-gardai-phone-drivers-penalties/

via @TheJournal

Meanwhile, using a phone-hands fee or hand-held are each as unsafe as drink driving:

https://www.brightmile.io/blog/both-hands-free-and-hand-held-calls-while-driving-are-as-unsafe-as-drink-driving?hs_amp=true

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #AnGardaSíochána #MastoDaoine

266 caught using phone while driving during 24-hour Garda operation

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0116/1491314-gardai-phone-drivers-penalties/

via @TheJournal

Meanwhile, using a phone-hands fee or hand-held are each as unsafe as drink driving:

https://www.brightmile.io/blog/both-hands-free-and-hand-held-calls-while-driving-are-as-unsafe-as-drink-driving?hs_amp=true

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #AnGardaSíochána #MastoDaoine

266 caught using phone while driving during 24-hour Garda operation

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0116/1491314-gardai-phone-drivers-penalties/

via @TheJournal

Meanwhile, using a phone-hands fee or hand-held are each as unsafe as drink driving:

https://www.brightmile.io/blog/both-hands-free-and-hand-held-calls-while-driving-are-as-unsafe-as-drink-driving?hs_amp=true

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #StreetsAreForPeople #AnGardaSíochána #MastoDaoine

There are lessons for the OPW and others to be learned here, if only they had the capacity for it:

"In order to ensure the safety of participants in the Bike Disco event taking place on the evening of Friday 20th September 2024, the following restrictions will apply in the Phoenix Park on that date. All roads will re-open as soon as it is safe to do so."

#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #PhoenixPark #Dublin #MastoDaoine #BikeTooter #Cycling #DublinCycling

My first report using this new online form to report traffic offences to Gardaí will involve the driver of a Garda patrol car.

🥴

https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

My first report using this new online form to report traffic offences to Gardaí will involve the driver of a Garda patrol car.

🥴

https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

My first report using this new online form to report traffic offences to Gardaí will involve the driver of a Garda patrol car.

🥴

https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

My first report using this new online form to report traffic offences to Gardaí will involve the driver of a Garda patrol car.

🥴

https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

"An online form to report traffic-related incidents has been made available on the Garda website from today.

The form replaces the Traffic Watch phone number service, which was first set up in 2001."

📰 https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0808/1463927-traffic-watch-garda/

An Garda Síochána traffic incident online report form:

🚨 https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

"An online form to report traffic-related incidents has been made available on the Garda website from today.

The form replaces the Traffic Watch phone number service, which was first set up in 2001."

📰 https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0808/1463927-traffic-watch-garda/

An Garda Síochána traffic incident online report form:

🚨 https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

"An online form to report traffic-related incidents has been made available on the Garda website from today.

The form replaces the Traffic Watch phone number service, which was first set up in 2001."

📰 https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0808/1463927-traffic-watch-garda/

An Garda Síochána traffic incident online report form:

🚨 https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

"An online form to report traffic-related incidents has been made available on the Garda website from today.

The form replaces the Traffic Watch phone number service, which was first set up in 2001."

📰 https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0808/1463927-traffic-watch-garda/

An Garda Síochána traffic incident online report form:

🚨 https://garda.ie/en/trafficwatchreport/

#RoadSafety #AnGardaSíochána #RoadViolence #MastoDaoine

'Ridgeway trail: Land Rover driver denies dangerous driving'

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24365115.ridgeway-trail-man-denies-causing-serious-injury-dangerous-driving/

'The Ridgeway, which runs through the North Wessex Downs, is renowned as one of England's most beautiful sites. It is Britain’s oldest road and follows the same route over the high ground used since prehistoric times by travellers, herdsmen and soldiers. It runs for 87 miles through several counties including Berkshire and Wiltshire.'

#RoadViolence #UK #transport #Ridgeway #TheRidgeway #Ilsley #Berkshire

New arcade game: Two Ton School Run
"You're going to drive your kids 400m to the school at the top, safely protected by your 2 tonne four wheel drive SUV. All you have to do is get there without hitting anything."
"Wicked, you're a seriously bad parent".

When I went for my morning walk today, someone was driving on a residential road used as a school drop-off staring at her phone in her hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3RdD2qwdg

#4wd #SUV #cars #roads #motorists #games #TimHunkin #arcade #RoadViolence

Access Requests under the GDPR: the RSA edition

https://joan.ink/2024/04/11/access-requests-under-the-gdpr-the-rsa-edition/

#GDPR #DataProtection #RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks

Access Requests under the GDPR: the RSA edition

https://joan.ink/2024/04/11/access-requests-under-the-gdpr-the-rsa-edition/

#GDPR #DataProtection #RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks

Access Requests under the GDPR: the RSA edition

https://joan.ink/2024/04/11/access-requests-under-the-gdpr-the-rsa-edition/

#GDPR #DataProtection #RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks

Access Requests under the GDPR: the RSA edition

https://joan.ink/2024/04/11/access-requests-under-the-gdpr-the-rsa-edition/

#GDPR #DataProtection #RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks

In news to nobody: "Serious injuries to cyclists on roads far higher than official Garda data shows: Study finds number of injured child cyclists recorded in Irish hospital data is more than six times higher than in Garda records"

https://archive.fo/2024.03.29-123049/https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/30/serious-injuries-to-cyclists-on-roads-far-higher-in-medical-records-than-in-official-garda-data/

via The Irish Times (archived copy)

#StreetsAreForPeople #CarsAreTrash #AnGardaSíochána #Gardaí #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #Cycling #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine