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. 🙃
It has been a disastrous week for #trafficviolence in the #hudsonvalley. Four dead in three crashes in three days, several others critically injured, and now another person has been shot in a road rage fight. And the week isn’t over yet.
Guy who nearly caused a pile-up on Route 17 is full-on writing an email in the left lane. He learned nothing from the experience and went right back to it.
#NewJerseyPhoneDrivers
#trafficviolence
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).
#trafficEngineering is a social science not technical profession and if we're not going to hold the Engineer of Record accountable for #trafficViolence, then they should not hold any authority over street design. #visionZero
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.
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
🚨 [Tin Nóng Mỹ] Một phụ nữ tại Indianapolis, Indiana bị cáo buộc bắn chết người bấm còi nhắc nhở khi đèn giao thông chuyển xanh. Vụ việc đang gây chấn động về tình trạng bạo lực súng đạn.
#GiaoThông #BạoLựcSúng #TinTứcMỹ
#TrafficViolence #GunViolence #USNews
https://vtcnews.vn/tai-xe-my-ban-chet-nguoi-bam-coi-giuc-di-tai-den-xanh-ar972451.html
If you're a #nyc cab driver who fails to yield to pedestrians and cyclists, and you decide to deliberately reverse into the cyclist who calls you out.... You should have noticed the GoPro on his handlebar first.
#BikeTooter #bikenyc #trafficviolence
Tài xế Nguyễn Thế Anh (Đồng Tháp) đã đánh người giữa đường sau va chạm giao thông nhẹ giữa xe bán tải và xe tải. Hành vi bạo lực này đã gây phẫn nộ trong cộng đồng. #GiaoThông #BạoLựcĐườngPhố #TrafficViolence #StreetViolence
#unga week subjects Manhattan pedestrians to extreme danger. A box truck just hit and killed a pedestrian at 5th and 40th.
Road rage is no longer a rare occurrence in Kozhikode — it’s a dangerous trend. From minor fender benders to brutal assaults, the city’s roads have become battlegrounds https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kozhikode-road-rage-crisis-k2z7b63r?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RoadRage #PublicSafety #TrafficViolence #RoadSafety #StayAlert
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.
Imagine making it 114 years only to be taken out by a hit and run #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
A 7-year-old's parents were arrested after he was killed by a car. Now they're speaking out from jail. Police say ”there is no evidence of speeding or wrongdoing on the part of the driver, therefore no charges have been filed.”
#TrafficViolence
@notjustbikes @TheWarOnCars
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
Just nearly avoided getting hit by someone driving an SUV the wrong way up 8th street at Howard.
I'm beginning to think I need to wear a pedestrian body cam.
