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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/

#music #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #motorists #cars

'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

'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

@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

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