#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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@Ciarancuffe On a point of information - and I think it's important that the people of Ireland know this - any member of An Garda Síochána can respond to any potential criminal offence they detect, including road traffic offences.
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"Be Safe, Be Seen"
School traffic wardens have reported [130 incidents since January 2024, including] being struck by vehicles, spat at, sworn at and having to dodge speeding drivers, while at work.
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0807/1586860-lollipop-people-abuse/
#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #CarBrain #BanCars #MastoDaoine #HiViz
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CW - Road violence / cycling
The person who was cycling at the time of the above incident was a child.
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@Des_egan Schrödinger's road user: all of these road users, dressed in black and invisible - we know this because drivers see them all the time.
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From the Collision Tracker, reported this morning:
"Was cycling straight along road in cycle lane, Garda vehicle turned left across my path with no indication leading to collision."
:chefkiss:
https://www.collisiontracker.ie/?ref=mastodon
#Rothar #MastoDaoine #Dublin #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #Cycling #Statistics #Data #DublinInquirer #CollisionTracker
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via @samtranum in the @dublininquirer mailing list:
Working with Brian Rogers, of the UCD Spatial Dynamics Lab, Dublin Inquirer's Collision Tracker has recently been updated:
https://www.collisiontracker.ie/?ref=mastodon
It now includes not only hazards, near misses, and collisions reported by users, but also years of data from the Road Safety Authority.
#Rothar #MastoDaoine #Dublin #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #Cycling #Statistics #Data #DublinInquirer #CollisionTracker
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"Reading named worst place for cyclist safety outside London"
"Statistics showed that in 2024, there were 277 casualties in Reading on the highway where someone was killed or seriously injured, and 80 of these (28.9 per cent) involved an injury to a cyclist."
#cycling #UK #Reading #RoadViolence #RoadDanger #transport #roads #biketooter
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The analyst, Hans-Jakob Schindler, says that terrorist groups (and thankfully he doesn't just talk about fundamentalist Islamic groups like IS, but says right wing groups do this as well) advise their adherents to use cars precisely because of the camouflage and the ease of attack.
What so many cities have not attempted is to make it convenient and accessible to get around (including with large loads that people tend to say they need a car for) on public transit, pedestrian-only, human-powered (including with e-assist) cycle-only, and multi-use paths (kick scooter, skating, etc) while simultaneously banning most personal cars.
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Every time there's a terrorist (whether domestic or foreign) attack using a car, I hear all sorts of prevention methods discussed *except* making it harder for cars to be in the city, making it harder for manufacturers to make huge cars, and making it so that it's not so normal to see drivers speeding well beyond the speed limit that those who intend to use them as weapons aren't spotted until it's too late because the "normal" drivers speeding 20 - 40mph above the speed limit provide camouflage for terrorist behavior.
The analyst they talk to says you can only extend the event security area out so far, which is true. But cities *can* create accessible free public transit, and accessible cycle routes and other sustainable transportation alternatives so that there are a minimum of cars anywhere in the city in the first place.
And DW just did a piece on cycle activists in Berlin trying unsuccessfully to get more cycle infra installed.
https://www.youtube.com/live/-A5mnZe3JdE?si=DbyPc5yFl0TFWYlZ #RoadViolence
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#DUBLIN: CW - Road violence / cycling
Very serious incident in Conyngham Road/Parkgate Street inbound, at left turn into Phoenix Park: left-turning coach ran over a person cycling who had been proceeding straight ahead. Fire Brigade appliance, ambulance, and An Garda Síochána on scene.
#Rothar #MastoDaoine #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #Cycling
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✔️ One drink driver was arrested six times by Gardaí in 2025 - 277 more than once
✔️ The youngest drink driver was aged 14
✔️ The oldest drink driver was 95
✔️ The highest alcohol level detected was nine times over the legal limit for fully licensed driversIs it any wonder that the Director of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety is a retired coroner?
Remember to wear your plastic hats and hi viz, folks: it's up to you to "be seen."
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Good morning - mostly to my poor head, that's completely melted with all the ill-informed and unhinged discussion from politicians and others about
✅ hi viz
✅ helmets
✅ road safetywithout a single solitary mention of car drivers. Jesus wept.
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@EUCommission *Fewer* cars mean safer roads.
✅ Reduce car use
✅ Invest in public transport
✅ Curb motor industry lobbying and influence
✅ Apply evidence-based approaches to road safety - including in road design
✅ Enforce road traffic laws
✅ Punish offenders -
The #FT reduces itself to classic clickbait.
"Who's the biggest menace on the roads?"
#cycling #RoadDanger #RoadViolence #ActiveTravel #biketooter
I've found the article, may be paywalled
https://www.ft.com/content/ba1df81f-8eaf-4d22-973d-8c3e4f2c26a2
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RE: https://vis.social/@neocarto/116769434453586999
Imagine if the Road Safety Authority - or anyone in Ireland - had access to this kind of data (not to mention the data visualisation):
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That said - and to be absolutely clear on this - if I *had* "done something" (whatever that may mean), absolute psycho aggressive dangerous driving behaviour is *also not* justified.
The amount of times I've had drivers using their cars as a weapon against me because of a _perceived_ infringement of some kind (confirmed by the shouting and roaring through a passenger window) is too many to be anything other than a pattern.
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@swoonie I swear to god.
One of them slammed the brakes ahead of me, put the car in reverse, before changing her mind, roaring and shouting racial slurs while driving off.
The other drove alongside me, roaring out the passenger window, slowed ahead of me, missed their turn, later eventually catching up to a junction where I was waiting and resumed roaring.
Absolutely unhinged behaviour.
#Rothar #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #Dublin #MastoDaoine #CarBrain #BikeTooter #Cycling
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Just the two absolute psycho aggressive dangerous drivers on the way to work this morning. "Be safe, be seen," etc., I guess.
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RE: https://mastodon.ie/@spillanemike/116616370555753943
In Ireland, these crimes are repeatedly treated as offences under road traffic legislation, and not - despite the extreme violence, serious injuries, trauma, and death inflicted - offences against the person, such as manslaughter.
There are specific policy reasons for this, shaped by the car culture in this country.
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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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Judge's extreme car-brain horrifies even a High Court judge:
#CarBrain #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #Kildare #MastoDaoine
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"Man hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant group
Police investigate incident on Thursday after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle"'The Raise the Colours co-founder Ryan Bridge said in an interview with the BBC that the area was “hijacked” by the “far-left”, adding that they looked like “they were there for trouble”.'
#UK #racism #flagshaggers #Birmingham #RoadViolence #RoadDanger #FarRight
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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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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
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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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@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." -
@ownohmanny Great minds: I saw that it was 700 on day one, 1400 after two days, 2100 after three days.
Very round numbers, and very exactly the same each day. Transparently bullshit.
And a surprise to no-one with the slightest clue about AGS
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@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.'