#trafficviolence — Public Fediverse posts

Heads up, disabled UC Irvine Anteaters.

"Speaking of the victims of traffic violence, Christian forwarded news over the weekend that an 87-year old man was killed by a driver while riding a mobility scooter in Irvine Thursday night....

The victim was an 87-year old man who needed a mobility scooter to get around. But cops somehow had to blame him because he couldn’t clear the crosswalk fast enough for a driver who couldn’t manage to avoid someone on a mobility device directly in front of them."

https://bikinginla.com/2026/05/19/watch-for-smoke-near-simi-valley-ros-meets-la-traffic-violence-state-of-emergency-and-good-bills-die-young-in-ca-legislature/ #CarCentrism #Ableism #TrafficViolence

@Dragofix
No mention of distracted and reckless drivers of needlessly and increasingly large motor vehicles.

No mention of #motorism as a cause of #trafficviolence.

#DyrenesBeskyttelse is a fake animal rights NGO, who are blaming the killed deer for being active during spring.

I am also more active during spring, but that's no excuse for killing me!?

so-called #trafficsafety is often straight up #victimblaming, placing the blame for #trafficviolence on those who are hurt or killed by #cars. 🔄

today in #copenhagen #motornormativity, a sign reading:

🪧 »Dear cyclists. Take care of the cars, reduce the speed.«

dear kids. take care of the gun owners, wear a bullet-proof vest. 🙃

cc: @notjustbikes @TheWarOnCars

Our sympathy to the family and friends of the longtime Monterey County resident who died yesterday after his bicycle and an SUV collided in Pebble Beach.

We are keeping his name private for now. And we have no CHP report or other details about the collision, so we’re unable to offer any comments about the specific circumstances (or to confirm whether the details reported by media are accurate). https://www.ksbw.com/article/deadly-crash-shuts-down-17-mile-drive-chp/69646339?brid=xup_u0IjDloDRHH4xZ8RAA

It’s not anticipated that a #GhostBike will be installed, since the fatal collision happened in Pebble Beach, which is private property (as noted in our tips for biking 17-Mile Drive, PB https://bikemonterey.org/biking-17-mile-drive.html).

#MontereyCounty #TrafficViolence #cycling #biking

Awful to learn that a driver killed a cyclist Sunday night at Alemany & Naglee in the Outer Mission, District 11. Alemany is a high-traffic road with a buffered but unprotected bike lane, and this is further south than where Cayuga ends, so Cayuga Slow Street is not an alternative here.

https://sfbike.org/news/our-statement-on-the-fatal-crash-at-alemany-and-naglee/
#TrafficViolence #VisionZero #sfpol

Jennifer Lynn Chatman of Salinas died Nov 3, 2025 after her bicycle was struck by the trailer of a semi truck at the intersection of South Sanborn Road and Work Street, Salinas.

As we told Sara Rubin, #MontereyCountyNow / #MontereyCountyWeekly editor, infrastructure such as protected bike lanes with a physical barrier are what’s most needed to keep people who bike safer. In general, paint on pavement provides little to no real benefit in preventing fatalities.

Nevertheless, one “paint on pavement” practice we would like to see far more of — and which possibly could have saved Jennifer’s life — is bike boxes at intersections.

https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/a-string-of-vehicle-collisions-in-salinas-ends-with-a-tragic-fatality-of-a-cyclist/article_074be0fe-e7dc-4924-920d-7a247d655514.html

Report by Josh Copitch of KSBW: https://www.ksbw.com/article/person-struck-by-semi-truck-in-salinas/69244696

#BikeTooter #TrafficViolence #TrafficCollision #trucks #bicycles #MontereyCounty #PublicSafety #ActiveTransportation #cycling #biking

oh. my. effing. word. #TrafficViolence #VictimBlaming #CarBrain

Traffic accidents are always sobering, but they hit different when you recognize the location. I used to eat at the food truck that was parked where this picture was taken.

> witness accounts shared in The Oregonian say the driver was going at least 70 mph.

> In total, the driver who caused this mid-day rampage hit six people.

https://bikeportland.org/2025/08/08/one-dead-and-four-are-hospitalized-after-driver-loses-control-in-northeast-portland-395822

#fuckCars #visionZero #pdx #portland #trafficViolence

this *sounds* like SFMTA agreed to painting full 20-foot red curbs at every intersection, rather than the mere 10 feet at stop-controlled intersections that has been traffic engineer Ricardo Olea's policy. if so, good! parent organizing worked!

https://www.kqed.org/news/12046690/sfmta-coming-up-short-on-daylighting-sfs-red-curbs-parents-say

#daylighting #VisionZero #VisionZeroSF #TrafficViolence #sfPol

finally finished this mini-documentary on traffic deaths in SF. it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6DYJCbS_FE
#VisionZeroSF #VisionZero #SanFrancisco #SFPol #TrafficViolence

Self-driving cars would have to be imbued with a morality, and once you try and do that you realise that cars are actually immoral. They are ‘kill and not be killed’ devices.

Truth bomb from James May, Top Gear! #robotaxi #waroncars #trafficviolence

https://lcc.org.uk/news/interview-with-james-may/

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/22/sustainable-transport-development-road-deaths-un-urban-planning?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#TrafficViolence #SafeStreetsSaveLives

“The last time a US airline plane crashed was Feb 12, 2009”, according to @briantylercohen.bsky.social on Facebook So, 67 fatalities in almost 16 years. Road fatalities? 507,484 through 2022, according to USDOT. Maybe now we can all start to expect 7,500× the media attention for #trafficviolence?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pchnq7klmm3ejqduuqaqrsd6/post/3lgy6os36c22v