Vehicle attacks are becoming more common. The pickup truck attack that killed 14 bystanders in New Orlean's came less than two weeks after a car attack at a German Christmas market killed five and injured more than 200. - ThreadSky

axios.com • 78 days ago

Vehicle attacks are becoming more common.

The pickup truck attack that killed 14 bystanders in New Orlean's came less than two weeks after a car attack at a German Christmas market killed five and injured more than 200.

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guidotoons.bsky.social•78 days ago

Because there have been two? How many school shootings?

warhorse1.bsky.social•77 days ago

I guess I will stay home, but I can’t Becouse we all need to stand together and fight the madness

noram25.bsky.social•77 days ago

They should invent a new term for when someone uses vehicles for manslaughter.

jrhanlon.bsky.social•77 days ago

Deliberately running your vehicles into people to kill them isn’t manslaughter, it’s murder.

noram25.bsky.social•77 days ago

Okay you got me there. I should rephrase my sarcasm to be vehicular homicide.

getfitnbelean.bsky.social•78 days ago

The 'generic' pickup truck, as opposed to the exploding vehicle in vegas, that absolutely everyone in the U.S. knows the make and model of. Do you guys even see your own bias?

akokirikid.bsky.social•78 days ago

Ah, whataboutisms. I bet you consider yourself an intellectual while failing to participate in the discussion in any meaningful way.

pbobblen.bsky.social•77 days ago

If it'd been a Lamborghini Countach LP500 we'd know that too... How important is the distinction between a Silverado and an Avalanche considering?

janbellina.bsky.social•78 days ago

The UK has big concrete eff-off barriers where they think this is a risk.

marcriggsbee.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is a no 💩 Sherlock story.

jpmarmen.bsky.social•78 days ago

More retractable street bollards, please!

opa-eumeralla.bsky.social•78 days ago

This is the reason that aliens will ignore us. 🙄

suziqleathers.bsky.social•78 days ago

#blackinauguration

spaceman2077.bsky.social•78 days ago

Lol. He lives rent free in your head.

suziqleathers.bsky.social•78 days ago

#blackinauguration

winetast3r.bsky.social•78 days ago

I think using a car as a weapon of murder is about as cowardly as using a gun to kill someone from a distance. And I will go to my grave not understanding why someone feels the urge to kill strangers.

newsfrowned.bsky.social•77 days ago

Newer vehicles are fitted with crash avoidance measures. Should it not be mandatory and impossible to disable it?

syntyche.bsky.social•77 days ago

b0bsmith.bsky.social•77 days ago

It could be a coincidence.

expatmexico.bsky.social•78 days ago

Soft targets are all the rage.

theotherjlebowski.bsky.social•78 days ago

These attacks on innocent civilians are so lame. We need some more targeted, deserved, Luigi-style incidents to unite the country.

gamercat365.bsky.social•78 days ago

The internet is a cauldron for copy cat killers

minaforest.bsky.social•78 days ago

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So 1 in USA in 2017
1 in Germany in 2024
and now
this 1 in the USA in 2024

And how you define it is "common ?" 🥴
No wonder MSM is dying.

alexandrepiquet.bsky.social•78 days ago

You have forgotten several ones:

d-a-d.bsky.social•77 days ago

Not to forget all the instances of road rage which may have initially done no further harm and went by unnoticed/unreported. But could have gotten all out of hand in a second.

When I had obtained my driving licence in the 80's, a reported instance of road rage would have made some headlines.

minaforest.bsky.social•77 days ago

🎊

It appears I have. Thank you for the correction.

nudgecloud.bsky.social•78 days ago

Automobiles can, all too easily, be weapons of mass destruction.

houfek.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yet another reason your salvation is not to be found in gun bans.

fandabbydosy.bsky.social•78 days ago

Dems: but he's a republican

akajuhlz.bsky.social•77 days ago

Boy, AXIOS doesn't miss a trick.

antiquequaalude.bsky.social•77 days ago

It's legal in New Orleans if people are blocking the road....we've given people the greenlight to do this type of shit, or at least signaled acceptance of it which is fucking crazy.

rjazzman323.bsky.social•78 days ago

geee..the whole bomb on wheels premise there...

ivorbolakov.bsky.social•77 days ago

Normal reason for use of a vehicle is the lack of access to firearms.

Plus, in high pressure situations, successfully using a firearm takes countless hours of training & a cool head.

Defending against vehicle attacks is far easier than the levels of specialists needed to counter gun attacks.