TIL #AccidentNotCrash was an auto industry PR blitz #CrashNotAccident #VisionZero #BanCars @activetowns How corporate disinformation harms our health and the environment
#accidentnotcrash #crashnotaccident #visionzero #bancars
Today, we are heartbroken to post yet another sign for yet another pedestrian death.
We grieve the lives lost so senselessly on our streets & are here to support.
📩 Email City leaders to fix deadly intersections NOW at https://walksf.org/neveragain
#neveragain #safestreetsforall #visionzeroSF #crashnotaccident #20isplenty
#neveragain #safestreetsforall #visionzerosf #crashnotaccident #20isplenty
@BrentToderian This is 2/3 of the way to being a great graphic.
But it falls apart on that last 1/3 by using the debunked "95% of crashes (#CrashNotAccident) are caused by human error" figure. Debunked because crashes arise from a wide range of interdependent factors, including but extending well beyond the actions of any single human.
They really should have just made it a 2-panel graphic.
A very good (and depressing) piece by @wisconsinwatch on #Wisconsin 's terrible drinking culture. It mostly covers alcohol-induced deaths that occur directly. https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/08/wisconsins-death-grip-with-alcohol-is-killing-more-residents/
Of course then there's also the scourge of drunk driving, which in Madison (and presumably elsewhere in the state) contributes to a huge proportion of fatal and serious injury traffic crashes. #VisionZero #DrunkDriving #CrashNotAccident
#wisconsin #visionzero #drunkdriving #crashnotaccident
"On June 13, #ProPublica and #FRONTLINE detailed the industry’s fight against a different, heavier side guard — one designed to prevent cars and other passenger vehicles from getting wedged beneath large commercial trucks during roadway collisions." #crashNotAccident #visionzero #warOnCars #trucking
https://www.propublica.org/article/dot-rejected-truck-side-guards-trucking-lobbyists-safety
#propublica #frontline #crashnotaccident #visionzero #waroncars #trucking
Spate of crashes involving the operation of #logTrucks around the country this July:
#FLORIDA: Logs come unsecured, killing woman after she impacted the truck with a car: https://www.wsfa.com/2023/07/19/woman-dies-after-logs-fall-onto-her-car-following-crash-authorities-say/
#IDAHO: "Equipment failure" & "negotiating a corner" said to cause "accident" https://www.bigcountrynewsconnection.com/idaho/equipment-failure-caused-logging-trailer-accident-on-grangemont-road-monday/article_ea0583da-25b0-11ee-b0a0-9bf533123978.html
#OREGON, on #OregonCoastBikeRoute (#Hwy101): empty log truck, in operation by a man from Newport, "contacted" a cyclist for "unknown reasons": https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/fatal-crash-bicycle-rider-killed-on-highway-101/article_3f586f7e-1e85-11ee-82a1-3ffaead949af.html
#logtrucks #florida #idaho #oregon #oregoncoastbikeroute #hwy101 #loggingtrucks #crashnotaccident
So far my main disappointment with #CitiesSkylines2 isn't the lack of bicycles. It's that they keep writing & saying traffic accidents. Traffic crashes is the wording to use. Words matter. If we wanna address traffic violence and the thousand upon thousands who die from car crashes every year?
#CrashNotAccident.
#crashnotaccident #citiesskylines2
A driver of a car, after first stopping, pulled out in front of person operating a motorcycle, killing that person in the crash.
Actor Treat Williams was operating the motorcycle.
#crashnotaccident #treatwilliams #riptreatwillians
A driver of a car, after first stopping, pulled out in front of person operating a motorcycle, killing that person in the crash.
Actor Treat Williams was operating the motorcycle.
#crashnotaccident #treatwilliams #riptreatwillians
#WarOnCars I spent the whole Queer Eye episodes yelling at the screen; 'IT WAS CRASH NOT AN ACCIDENT!'
The kid lost his family and is left in a wheelchair because of a Ford150. Car Culture seems to be Queer Eye's one blind spot. At least they are driving a slightly smaller SUV this season. #CrashNotAccident
@ProPublica
Please use #CrashNotAccident.
These things are not accidents. They are entirely preventable. Calling them "accidents" gives those who could prevent them--and fail--and easy out.
These things are not accidents. They are results.
Utfordring for skisport 1: Stadig kortere og dårligere sesong.
Utfordring for skisport 2: De stedene som faktisk har OK skiføre blir konfliktområder.
Den historien her får også en #CrashNotAccident: Det kan fint omtales som en kollisjon i stedet for å bagatelliseres som et uhell.
A notable effort at #TTDC23 to say #crashnotaccident and I'm really appreciating it.
Big #crashNotAccident news in Oregon, introduced by a Republican even.
https://bikeportland.org/2023/02/28/bill-would-replace-accident-with-crash-in-oregon-laws-370838
📣 Tomorrow, Supervisor @deanpreston will intro a resolution on interagency coordination, speeds, & lagging progress on the City’s #VisionZeroSF strategy.
We want the Board to pass it unanimously.
So today, take 1 MINUTE for safe streets to email your Supervisor at walksf.org/safestreetsnow.
#visionzerosf #safestreetsforall #SlowOurStreets #crashnotaccident
Hm, sounds familiar. 🤔
#SafeStreets #CrashNotAccident
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-dairy-farm-jefferson-rodriguez
#safestreets #crashnotaccident
@radleybalko both forgot to mention the traffic Engineers who caused these deaths #crashNotAccident
Today would be another great day for federal regulators to start talking about the roles vehicle size, weight, and design play in the 40,000+ fatalities on US roadways every year.
#TrafficViolence #VisionZero #RoadSafety #Regulation #Traffic #CrashNotAccident #SafeStreetsForAll
#trafficviolence #VisionZero #roadsafety #regulation #traffic #crashnotaccident #safestreetsforall
@tomflood Wow. We can make it safe for #KidsBikingToSchool . . . but we choose not to. #BikeInfrastructure #roadviolence #CrashNotAccident
#kidsbikingtoschool #bikeinfrastructure #roadviolence #crashnotaccident