Night of counter-protests proves ‘silent majority’ actually neither https://newsthump.com/2024/08/08/night-of-counter-protests-proves-silent-majority-actually-neither/

Top Tip: Stop vajazzling your steering wheel with bits off glass.

You won’t think it looks so good when the airbag goes off and you are sprayed, at high velocity, with shrapnel all over your upper body.

Who could have predicted that allowing sociopathic billionaires to exercise immense power with zero accountability would turn out so badly.

Funny businesses? Something I wrote some time ago about "funny" businesses and it is especially true on this day of all days.

(99% of April Fools aren't funny, they are either stupid, mean or both.)

https://trevorship.co.uk/funny-business/

I am trying to make safer driving a more fun thing to talk about which is why I make jokes in it.

Lots of road safety things are important but drier than a cream cracker topped with fag ash and salt.

Driven without distractions? An article about why less physical controls in a car is not a good thing.

You want to become a better driver then why not read The Traffic Island, or better still subscribe and share it as well please.

https://open.substack.com/pub/thetrafficisland/p/driven-to-distraction-part-one?r=3av1ay&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

What's Driving You? A short article on autonomous cars and the difficult ethical and safety decisions that they will have to make.

Are autonomous cars on the open road something that we are likely to see soon?

https://thetrafficisland.substack.com/p/whats-driving-you?r=3av1ay&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

Are you a good driver? Are you though?

Really?

https://open.substack.com/pub/thetrafficisland/p/are-you-a-good-driver?r=3av1ay&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I have written a blog post about problematic artists and whether we should, as a society, try to seperate the art from the artist?
If anyone feels that this post is upsetting or not helping the discourse at all please feel free to let me know (politely) and I will either amend or remove it.

https://trevorship.co.uk/i-can-only-disappoint-u/

Everything that you wanted to know about over and understeer but were too scared to ask.

Here in my new Substack post. Feel free to share to your frined if you like it, or you think that it might help them.

#driving #oversteer #understeer #handling #safety

https://open.substack.com/pub/thetrafficisland/p/traffic-island-terminology?r=3av1ay&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

“Why did you become a vet?”

I am going in for the pessimist of the year awards. I am quite optimistic about my chanc… Oh bollocks

Want to become a better driver and not scare the horses? I explain how, and slip in a surprise for ex B3tans at the same time.

How's that for multitasking?

https://open.substack.com/pub/thetrafficisland/p/horsing-around?r=3av1ay&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I have three Commodore 64 games for sale, if you are interested the link is here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266409537767

#commodore #videogames

Here’s an irregular reminder that I have written a children’s book called Fetlock Bones And The Curious Case Of The Budgie Smugglers.

Being as I am not already famous I couldn’t get a book deal, so why not download it for free?

https://trevorship.co.uk/fetlock-bones-2/

Politician holding pint of lager whilst watching the football is just like you https://newsthump.com/2023/08/25/politician-holding-pint-of-lager-whilst-watching-the-football-is-just-like-you/

A little something silly for a slightly dull, slightly ranty, Monday morning.

#nature #photography #bees #flowers #silly #drawing #SillyScribbles

I have procured the Tetris nugget

@Richard_Littler No, it’s a mixture of lack of sleep and alcohol.

@adamarmfield I cannot see you at the moment but things are running really slowly on my end at the moment.

Mostly the tech, but some of it is me.