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Car-driving engineers steer our transport policies towards disciplining the vulnerable, making them responsible for their own safety.
In NL the go-to frame of those is 'distracted young cyclists', in the US 'distracted pedestrians'. File under #HiViz #Helmets #Jaywalking
In NL the go-to frame of those is 'distracted young cyclists', in the US 'distracted pedestrians'. File under #HiViz #Helmets #Jaywalking
Supported by statistics that only talk about the details of those who die, and not those who kill.
"Elderly died more, they were riding e-bikes. Children die more, they were playing outside more" is the way we describe traffic deaths during lockdown.
nos.nl/artikel/233382…
"Elderly died more, they were riding e-bikes. Children die more, they were playing outside more" is the way we describe traffic deaths during lockdown.
nos.nl/artikel/233382…
(3) This is not an incident, but a general pattern. Media talk about traffic crashes as if they are glitches in the machine, as if vehicles just collide with human bodies.
This helps us to ignore the systemic violence that lies underneath. Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
This helps us to ignore the systemic violence that lies underneath. Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
