#trafficdeaths — Public Fediverse posts
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Raiders star Brock Bowers raises awareness for safe driving
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is sharing the importance of safe driving.…
#NFL #LasVegasRaiders #LasVegas #Raiders #BrockBowers #communityawareness #Distracteddriving #Football #NationalTeenDriverSafetyWeek #Safedriving #Trafficdeaths #USAA
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Raiders star Brock Bowers raises awareness for safe driving
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers is sharing the importance of safe driving.…
#NFL #LasVegasRaiders #LasVegas #Raiders #BrockBowers #communityawareness #Distracteddriving #Football #NationalTeenDriverSafetyWeek #Safedriving #Trafficdeaths #USAA
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Raiders star Brock Bowers raises awareness for safe driving https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/448394/ #BrockBowers #CommunityAwareness #DistractedDriving #Football #LasVegas #LasVegasRaiders #LasVegas #LasVegasRaiders #NationalTeenDriverSafetyWeek #NFL #Raiders #SafeDriving #TrafficDeaths #USAA
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Raiders star Brock Bowers raises awareness for safe driving https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/448394/ #BrockBowers #CommunityAwareness #DistractedDriving #Football #LasVegas #LasVegasRaiders #LasVegas #LasVegasRaiders #NationalTeenDriverSafetyWeek #NFL #Raiders #SafeDriving #TrafficDeaths #USAA
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Prioritising life over cars
VisionZero - Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
"Helsinki, like Oslo and Stockholm, have all but eliminated traffic fatalities. Lower road speeds, automated cameras, and clever city design all helped; but it’s the over-arching vision that made it all possible. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30 km/h (approximately 20 mph). Smarter street design also played a key role. Pedestrian and cycling infrastructure was prioritized for upgrades in recent years. More and more people started using public transit or bikes, or just walking."
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/helsinki-went-a-full-year-without-a-traffic-death-how-did-they-do-it/In 2024, Australia experienced its worst road toll in over a decade, with 1,300 fatalities.
https://datahub.roadsafety.gov.au/progress-reporting/monthly-road-deathsCan Australia cut road deaths to zero by 2050? Current trends say no. What’s going wrong?
https://theconversation.com/can-we-cut-road-deaths-to-zero-by-2050-current-trends-say-no-whats-going-wrong-220289
#VisionZero #MobilityDesign #cars #speed #RecklessDriving #motorists #CarDominance #TrafficDeaths #pedestrians #PublicTransport #cycling #RoadToll #SacrificeZone #roads #climate -
I've been thinking about posting this story for a few days. A timely topic! @breadandcircuses @jensorensen
The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars
Dangerous, polluting #SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.
by David Zipper, April 2024
"Cars, you might have noticed, have grown enormous.
"Low-slung station wagons are all but extinct on American roads, and even sedans have become an endangered species. (Ford, producer of the iconic Model T a century ago, no longer sells any sedans in its home market.) Bulky SUVs and pickup trucks — which have themselves steadily added pounds and inches — now comprise more than four out of every five new cars sold in the US, up from just over half in 2013, even as national household size steadily declines.
"The expanding size of automobiles — a phenomenon I call #CarBloat — has deepened a slew of national problems. Take #RoadSafety: Unlike peer nations, the US has endured a steep rise in #TrafficDeaths, with fatalities among #pedestrians and #cyclists, who are at elevated risk in a crash with a huge car, recently hitting 40-year highs. Vehicle occupants face danger as well. A 2019 study concluded that compared to a smaller vehicle, an SUV or a pickup colliding with a smaller car was 28 percent and 159 percent, respectively, more likely to kill that car’s driver.
"Car bloat also threatens the planet. Because heavier vehicles require more energy to move, they tend to gulp rather than sip the gasoline or electricity that powers them, increasing #GreenhouseGas emissions. Extra weight also accelerates the erosion of #roadways and #tires, straining highway maintenance budgets and releasing #microplastics that damage #ecosystems."
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> Family wants mom charged: 'He was speeding over and over, and mom knew it'
What if--and hear me out--we simply make speed limiters on cars mandatory?
#car #cars #driving #speeding #trafficDeaths #visionZero #20isPlenty