SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

@fubo-tv.bsky.social What the hell is this “fanduel” advertising eating into the picture? Horrible.

so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this

At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.

“There’s an air of resignation about the annual campaigns, as if the authorities know that people routinely drive unsafely but perhaps can be convinced, this one time, to be responsible. It doesn’t work.”

In line with Ont. Govt approach: ‘let’s not let cities enforce speeding’

Driver who racks up between $300 and $400 a month in speeding and parking tickets feels like he’s "being bullied.” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

"Doug Ford’s war on road safety is going to get innocent people killed. With Bill 212, he has essentially banned municipalities from building speed-calming complete streets where they are most needed, and now he is attacking...enforcement against speeders.”
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”

Deadly by design. And they know it.

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“The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar, in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.”

- Lewis Mumford

If a person who lives in this city has any kind of mobility issues, the message is loud and clear:

Stay home.

Watch this video. Doug Ford says "Do I think Donald Trump can run the country better and get along with other countries, like Russia? Absolutely he can do a better job."

The truck used in the New Orleans terrorist attack is a Ford F-150 Lightning, which is perfectly designed for this kind of attack.

It weighs more than 6000 lbs, accelerates to 60 mph in just 4 seconds, and the battering-ram-shaped front is nearly 5 feet tall. Deadly by design.

No matter what happens with the Canadian Federal election, one thing will be true — a significant % of Canadian voters & media will have been successfully manipulated to oppose a beneficial carbon pricing approach that was either revenue-neutral or financially beneficial to almost all Canadians…1/2

New study from IIHS shows that car bloat is dangerous even at low speeds:

If hit by a sedan going 27 mph, a pedestrian has a 60% chance of a moderate+ injury and 30% chance of a serious one.

If it's a pickup going 27 mph, those odds rise to 83% and 63%, respectively.

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youtube.com/watch?v=KgFC.... The Ontario Conservative Government is horrible. We know this. The controversy around bike lanes has nothing to do with improving transportation, but helps to illustrate their incompetence and ineptitude.

@ttcalerts.bsky.social What’s the issue with the 512 WB at Arlington. No announcements. No apparent issues. Driver just stopped and not moving.

This is SHOCKING. Among everything else that’s despicable about this, ITS A CLEAR ADMISSION THAT THEY KNOW THAT DOING THIS WILL OBVIOUSLY ENDANGER LIVES.

People rode bikes on these streets before the bike-lanes (albeit fewer) and they will again after. The inevitable blood will be on Ford’s hands.