Graeme Grier
@creech2.bsky.social
Cycle commuting: Walking: Urban environment
Reposted by Graeme Grier
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Reposted by Graeme Grier
One thing everyone can do immediately is to not undermine the trauma of road crashes by euphemistically calling them “accidents”.
Accident implies inevitability and downplays the human error or negligence often involved.
news.sky.com/story/daddys...
Accident implies inevitability and downplays the human error or negligence often involved.
news.sky.com/story/daddys...
'Daddy's dead': How victims of road accidents are being forgotten and failed
Last year, 1,695 people died on Britain's roads and a further 28,967 were seriously injured - it's a figure that has barely reduced in the last five years. And behind each number, is a grieving family...
news.sky.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
One thing everyone can do immediately is to not undermine the trauma of road crashes by euphemistically calling them “accidents”.
Accident implies inevitability and downplays the human error or negligence often involved.
news.sky.com/story/daddys...
Accident implies inevitability and downplays the human error or negligence often involved.
news.sky.com/story/daddys...
Reposted by Graeme Grier
It's been 11 years today since I was on BBC Breakfast News. Since then there has been some investment in cycle infrastructure, but we could almost certainly have the same discussion today (with the same daft questions). How much longer will we accept road violence? youtu.be/K-ikY8nBm-w?...
BBC Breakfast News 15th Nov
YouTube video by magnatom
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 10:48 AM
It's been 11 years today since I was on BBC Breakfast News. Since then there has been some investment in cycle infrastructure, but we could almost certainly have the same discussion today (with the same daft questions). How much longer will we accept road violence? youtu.be/K-ikY8nBm-w?...