We don't address:
🚫 rape by only talking about the clothing of women.
🚫 gun violence by only talking about bulletproofing victims.
So why do we think it is OK to only address SYSTEMIC TRAFFIC VIOLENCE through statistics of those who are killed?
Source: hetongeluk.nl/statistieken/a…
🚫 rape by only talking about the clothing of women.
🚫 gun violence by only talking about bulletproofing victims.
So why do we think it is OK to only address SYSTEMIC TRAFFIC VIOLENCE through statistics of those who are killed?
Source: hetongeluk.nl/statistieken/a…
[2] Systemic traffic violence represents the largest threat to life and limb that most people in contemporary society inflict on each other on a daily basis.
Media reports it as 'a glitch in the oiled machine'.
Why is that so problematic?
Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Media reports it as 'a glitch in the oiled machine'.
Why is that so problematic?
Read: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
[3]
“The large number of road accidents is truly a kind of sacrifice to the godhead of mobility to keep the wheels of traffic moving. It is a sacrifice made unconsciously, but one for which society is apparently prepared to pay the price nonetheless.”
~Paul Virilio
“The large number of road accidents is truly a kind of sacrifice to the godhead of mobility to keep the wheels of traffic moving. It is a sacrifice made unconsciously, but one for which society is apparently prepared to pay the price nonetheless.”
~Paul Virilio
[4]
The annual dance around "the statistics" also blinds us for the depth of this systemic carnage. And the landscape of fear in our public space.
Think about it:
The annual dance around "the statistics" also blinds us for the depth of this systemic carnage. And the landscape of fear in our public space.
Think about it:
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