BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
166 followers · 687 posts · Server mastodon.au

Motorists are immune to wildlife signs

"Wildlife signage make absolutely no difference to anything"

"The conservative estimate is that 4 million marsupials are hit on the roads in Australia each year."

"According to insurer AAMI, there were 17,000 animal collision claims across Australia in 2022. That number does not include animal collisions where cars weren't damaged."

Factor in overpasses on all roads..

abc.net.au/news/science/2023-0
makers

Image: Bellingen koala signage lasted a few days before it was mowed down.

#cars #motorists #crashes #boats #speed #koalas #wildlife #roads #overpasses #mobilitydesign #biodiversity #extinction

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Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
1130 followers · 791 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Jocelyn · @cyclotopie
79 followers · 1245 posts · Server mastodon.gougere.fr

So that's it for my about in the .

I should have remembered that keep all the rights in this country, that when turning off the main road many will execute the crossing with a sense of offended righteousness - and that this is even enshrined into road signs.

I don't think I'll want to again in until they paint zebra crossings at each and every intersection. Which it'd take a revolution to make happen...

6/6

#rant #road #planning #uk #motorists #pedestrian #cycle #britain

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
35 followers · 235 posts · Server aus.social

Australian ski resorts are reporting strong visitor numbers...
"Getting to most of our alpine areas requires a substantial drive from our two biggest capitals, Melbourne and Sydney."
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/des
business

Rolling over Australia's wildlife on the way to Victoria's alpine resorts?
It is futile to beg motorists to slow down...
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-14/nat
makers

#alpine #snow #climate #cars #roadkill #thedrive #biodiversity #motorists #ski #extinction

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
36 followers · 226 posts · Server aus.social

NT records fifth pedestrian death this year after a car crashed into a man. Emergency services have attended a "number of pedestrians versus cars … right across the territory".
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/man

#nt #motorists #carnage #pedestrians

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BellingenNSW · @Bellingen
112 followers · 555 posts · Server mastodon.au

Will Australia phase out potentially hazardous chemicals such as PFAS?

(Around here the Pacific Hwy from Coffs Harbour to Urunga is littered with single-use-food packaging leaching forever chemicals into the environment.)

theconversation.com/controvers

#forever #chemicals #toxins #pfas #takeaway #food #packaging #junkfood #waste #pacifichwy #cars #motorists #pollution

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NSW.Biodiversity · @Biodiversity
176 followers · 425 posts · Server theblower.au

Masked lapwing plover chicks crushed to death on vacant Brisbane block, man fined $718

abc.net.au/news/2023-08-08/man

#motorists #birds #values

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Ricardo Harvin · @ricardoharvin
1509 followers · 14047 posts · Server mstdn.social

In one small , it was proven that who begin stops of by issuing commands rather than explanations are more likely to escalate.

The rate of traffic stops for in this undisclosed was much too small to be able to provide that would be relevant...

and fully fund and , instead.

No traffic , anywhere.

npr.org/2023/05/29/1178279383/

#Police #armed #Education #socialservices #DefundThePolice #ACAB #ftp #statistically #Data #city #motorists #white #drivers #black #traffic #cops #study

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
80 followers · 4922 posts · Server mstdn.social

'Government re-launch THINK! campaign in continued drive to improve road safety'
'Campaign reminds people of important changes to the Highway Code.'
gov.uk/government/news/governm

This is needed - some drivers have forgotten the need to give 1.5m+ clearance when overtaking cyclists. It would be nice to see proactive campaigns by local Police too.

#UK #HighwayCode #bicycles #Bicycle #bikes #cyclists #motorists #driving #walking #Cycling

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
32 followers · 212 posts · Server aus.social
Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
80 followers · 4922 posts · Server mstdn.social

'According to the 2021 Census, 42 per cent of London households don’t own or have access to a motor vehicle at all. And when we look at the 58 per cent that do, data gathered by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SSMT) show that, in 2022, 86 per cent of cars registered in Greater London complied with ULEZ anti-pollution standards.'

onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-with-

#Pollution #airpollution #Cars #UK #London #motorists #Conservative #conservatives #ULEZ

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
80 followers · 4922 posts · Server mstdn.social

'The Conservatives are already launching their next line of attack against even theoretical moves to lessen car use and reduce road congestion in London'

onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-with-

ULEZ go live: 'Soon afterwards, opposition to it, already less than universal, will start to fade. Resistance to it will continue to be loud, but increasingly unrepresentative.'

#Pollution #airpollution #Cars #UK #London #motorists #Conservative #conservatives #ULEZ

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Manly Blog · @MnlyBeach
31 followers · 209 posts · Server aus.social

"Pedestrians are more than five times more likely to die on roads in the NT than in other states and territories, and 87 per cent of pedestrians killed in the NT since 2012 were Indigenous. The NT government says a new road safety strategy will tackle the deaths of Indigenous pedestrian."

abc.net.au/news/2023-08-02/nt-

#nt #roads #cars #crime #motorists #speed #pedestrians #HitAndRun #indigenouspeople

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
212 followers · 4071 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
77 followers · 4677 posts · Server mstdn.social
Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
65 followers · 4121 posts · Server mstdn.social

Essentially, councils that provide free car parking supposedly to boost business are not providing for people aged under 30. Similarly for councils that cut back on buses and don't provide for cycling and walking.

'In 2010-14, only 37 per cent of 17-29 year olds reported driving a car in a typical week'

eta.co.uk/2020/03/04/citroen-a

#Cars #motorists #UK

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
65 followers · 4121 posts · Server mstdn.social

I assume the figures are for the

'Driving licensing among young people peaked in 1992/4, with 48 per cent of 17-20 year olds and 75 per cent of 21-29 year olds holding a driving licence. By 2014, driving licence holding had fallen to 29 per cent of 17-20 year olds and 63 per cent of 21-29 year olds. In 2010-14, only 37 per cent of 17-29 year olds reported driving a car in a typical week, whilst the figure was 46 per cent in 1995-99.'

eta.co.uk/2020/03/04/citroen-a

#Cars #motorists #UK

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
66 followers · 4052 posts · Server mstdn.social

'Dozens of bus trips cancelled or diverted over poor parking in Reading'

readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23

'"We would ask that all drivers think about how they park, especially when on roads that buses run down," the spokesperson continued.'

#publictransport #buses #bus #motorists #parking #Reading #UK

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
66 followers · 4049 posts · Server mstdn.social

'London’s latest effort to clear bad air is contested but necessary'
'Despite the backlash, expect other cities to copy the ULEZ scheme'

economist.com/britain/2023/07/

'Mr Khan’s plan is controversial because it creates the world’s biggest, and one of its strictest, clean-air zone. ulez, which snares petrol cars and vans over 19 years old and diesel ones over eight, will triple in size, and cover almost 9m residents.'

#motorists #Environment #UK #London #airpollution #Pollution #ULEZ

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Jon PENNYCOOK · @jonpsp
65 followers · 3934 posts · Server mstdn.social

'Voters give Britain’s ruling Conservatives a historic mauling'

economist.com/britain/2023/07/

'The Tory right immediately seized on the result as evidence that climate policies which will increasingly weigh on the individual voter—such as the planned phasing-out of petrol cars and gas boilers—are electorally toxic. Uxbridge-like campaigns may become a fixture.'

#Election #Cars #motorists #Pollution #Uxbridge #Politics #UK #labour #conservatives #GlobalWarming #Environment #ClimateChange

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