The design of cars would be more oriented to avoiding crashes and / or minimizing their pacts. Result!!

Safety...... of the car occupants, (at the cost of the safety of anyone it hits).

Still waiting. Put all the garden furniture away.

Yes, me too!

I think we either need AVs, or driver driven cars, or neither. All AVs might be good coz we could get rid of parked cars. AVs don't mix well with drivers as they have different logics and liable to conflict. Neither might be best! (Dream on!)

Brilliant girl!!!! Well done!!

That is right!

@kierachapman.bsky.social is about 40 minutes in... but if you want to hear me on the water crises as well, listen from the beginning (it is actually, all great .....oh, okay then, I'm 20 mins in!)

It is hardly news!!

#water #UK

5/ The regulation process should enable long term planning including adaptive investment and the maintenance of assets. Regulators' responsibilities should encompass all sources of pollution: as well as water companies, pollution from highways and agriculture need to be managed.

4/ Regulators (including the Environment Agency and local planning authorities) needs sufficient funding to do their job

3. Government should coordinate 'soft' infrastructure a) data sharing platform for transparency, including citizen science b) public engagement strategy including key messages (e.g. 'respect for water') and infographics c) attention to the chronic shortage of water-trained personnel.

2/ Democratically steered catchment bodies should specify regional standards, coordinate monitoring, invest in required infrastructure, and support partnerships (with local authorities and community groups) to enable responsiveness to regional circumstances and clarity for developers and landowners.

1/ We said we need a government plan for water
emphasising respect for our water systems. Taking a whole systems approach, it would coordinate priorities between water services (water supply, flood resilience and river health) and with related sectors (agriculture, transport and urban planning).

So that is what you rushed off to!!

3. Mobilising public action to address water requires regional democratic oversight

2. Excluding the public from engaging with the water system represents a missed opportunity to enable greater resilience.

1. The current water system treats water supply, drainage, and flood protection as isolated technical domains, managed by experts for a passive public.