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#roaddeaths

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Wen

I am quite content for the law to be updated, although manslaugtet or even murder charges can be brought surely. However this is a distraction pandering to the car mad.

theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/

Cyclists involvement - close to zero. Car involvement in reckless inhuries or deaths inn the year ending June 2024:
24% were #pedestrians
5% were #cyclists

gov.uk/government/statistics/r

Yet drivers get away with suspended sentences or points for killing.

The Guardian · Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and WalesBy Caolán Magee
#RoadDeaths#Cars#Safety
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Jules

Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and Wales
theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/?

Meanwhile drug drivers who kill cyclists get three years devonlive.com/news/devon-news/

I'm not saying there should be no punishment for cyclists who kill people, but some proportionality for drivers would be nice.

The Guardian · Cyclists who kill pedestrians could be jailed for life under new law in England and WalesBy Caolán Magee
#DangerousDriving#DrugDriving#RoadDeaths
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BellingenNSW

Human cost of unsafe driving

"'Selfish' drivers and risk-taking behaviours fuelling road deaths. A recent Australian Road Safety Foundation survey has found 39 per cent of drivers admit to breaking the law on country roads.The head of the Australian Road Safety Foundation (ARSF) says its latest research suggests New South Wales drivers are deliberately engaging in unsafe behaviour behind the wheel. It found 39 per cent of drivers surveyed admitted to breaking the law on regional roads as they believed it was safe to do so."
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abc.net.au/news/2024-09-10/aus
#cars #motorists #roads #Bellingen #MidNorthCoast #GlenifferRoad #roadkill #RoadTrauma #MobilityDesign #RoadDeaths #climate

Destruction of roundabouts - no road is ever wide enough
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A-Dub

more cyclists have been killed on Toronto roads so far this year than in any year in recorded history. and it’s not even August yet.

MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS WHO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE SAFELY AROUND CYCLISTS SHOULD GIVE UP THEIR LICENCES. OR STUDY AND GET SOME FUCKING LESSONS FOR SPECIFICALLY BUILDING THAT SET OF SKILLS.

#Toronto#BikeTO#GhostBikes
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Stuart D Neilson

Higher, longer, wider and heavier #cars kill #pedestrians (and other #VulnerableRoadUsers). #SUV hood height is the most significant factor.

"high-front-end designs are specifically culpable for higher pedestrian #Death rates, and this is not driven by other characteristics that are correlated with front-end height.
[Every] 4-inch (100-mm) increase in front end height translates to a 28 percent increase in pedestrian death."
#RoadDeaths #RoadSafety #Pedestrian

Five graphs of the probability of pedestrian death versus the curb weight, front-end height, overall height, length and width of cars in single-vehicle collisions. The text of the article assigns highest significance to front-end height in raising probability of pedestrian death.
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BellingenNSW

Road deaths
"Australian road deaths rising to levels not seen in nearly a decade."

"Last year, 1,266 Australians died from road accidents involving at least one car and a driver, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist. The economic cost of Australian road trauma exceeds $27 billion each year. That's 1.8 per cent per cent of Australia's GDP."
"Vision Zero: no loss of life or serious injury on roads is acceptable.">>
theconversation.com/can-we-cut

Car dependency in Australia is unquestioned. The 'road toll' is a sacrifice to private mobility in sprawling sub-urbia. The present 'mobility design' gives people no options to travel on (fossil fuel free) public transport, walk or cycle without fear of being maimed or squashed by a SUV.

Road design, Valla
#Cars#roads#RoadTrauma
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BellingenNSW

Killer roads

"Five people died and four were injured in three car crashes across NSW since 2pm Monday. Federal data released this week shows the national road death toll increased 7 per cent from 2022 to last year, while the NSW toll jumped 25 per cent."
abc.net.au/news/2024-01-16/hor

They call for more data on the "death Toll", money and more (killer) roads, but never for a radical infrastructure redesign. No data on "roadkill" of native animals either.

A child's drawing: What do you see out of the car window? Coffs Harbour
#RoadDeaths#trauma#crashes
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