"Bei :vz237: MUSST du den #Radweg nutzen" schrieb neulich das @BmDV und lernte dann etwas über die Ausnahmen. Hier kommt eine weitere.
Die #CriticalMass rollt am 31. Mai ab 18 Uhr durch #Freiburg, Treffpunkt immer am letzten Freitag im Monat das Stadttheater. Als geschlossener Verband nutzen wir wie von der StVO vorgesehen die Fahrbahn.
Imagine if most people shopping at WalMart carried a chainsaw, running full tilt. ( For some hypothetical reason, shopping took half as long with the chainsaw, than without )
Shoppers would hold the chainsaw out in front of them, and be very careful passing other people. But every now and then, somebody would trip, or sneeze, and cut off another shopper's arm, leg or head. Or maybe they just got angry, and then claimed they'd sneezed.
The news, the police and the safety officials would cluck and say "oh, no. This is so sad. We will dearly miss Aunt Mildred from Lincoln Avenue [ but mistakes will be made, and we understand that ]".
Some people could decide not to carry chainsaws, and accept that their shopping takes twice as long. But they are ridiculed, and told they aren't personally any safer without the chainsaw.
This is basically how we live with cars in our crowded cities.
@NewNordicNormal And often (especially during the twice-per-day Black Friday clearance sales), not carrying the chainsaw makes shopping actually faster.
RT @enobacon I've got that list of plate numbers for the cars with missing or obscured plates whenever you are ready to send these drivers a postcard @ tedwheeler @ CommMapp #pdxBikes, LMK where to send it or should I come downtown & read this into the public record 3min at a time? #VisionZero
I'm not sure whether to celebrate the Portland gas tax renewal passing when it is still only a $0.10/gal, and basically means PBOT will keep doing what they've been doing, which is totally failing to act on #GlobalWarming or #VisionZero in any meaningful way while spending "safety money" on flashing lights that drivers ignore.
@BarbChamberlain I would happily accept a speed limiter on my car, just like I have one on my e-bike! Above a certain speed, the motor shuts off. Wanna go faster? Pedal harder/get out and push!
The contrast with failed #VisionZero plans like #Portland's seems pretty basic: "They said: 'You as provider of the road transport system are no longer allowed to kill people on that mass level that you've done'
#VisionZero has worked when the adopted plan actually mandated changes to infrastructure instead of wishes for "safety funding". Here, we let people keep driving after they participate in the city/state killing someone with their car, because "we all need to drive." If we're going to hold drivers accountable, we need to make it easy & convenient to get to and from the bar without driving, make infrastructure where bad driving will break the vehicle, require drivers actually learn how to drive.
More than a million people die on roads every year. Meet the man determined to prevent them
Almost 30 years ago, a revolutionary idea changed the way #Europe regarded road collisions. It has probably saved countless lives but it's yet to be fully accepted by politicians.