We build aggressive vehicles We market them recklessly We celebrate dangerous driving We design violent streets We prioritize the driver at all costs We shame and blame everyone else Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices. - ThreadSky

tomflood.bsky.social • 4 days ago

We build aggressive vehicles
We market them recklessly
We celebrate dangerous driving
We design violent streets
We prioritize the driver at all costs
We shame and blame everyone else

Road violence is no accident it’s a direct result of our choices.

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dianexian.bsky.social•4 days ago

I drive a Fiat 500 pop. Driving in a school-zone, lights flashing ( means 15 mph cause kids, duh), and this jacked-up penis-compensating pickup truck was on my ass, gunning his engine, BLARRING HIS HORN at me because he needed to go faster. Dude, I'm not killing children to inflate your limp ego.

lairdbarron.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ram Truck advert: Lead, follow, or get out of the way!

nothingsacredwa.bsky.social•4 days ago

thank christ i don't have tv!

delacruise.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hmmm…so I used to have one of those ‘Dangerous cars’. A Challenger. Always wanted one.
Wanna know my track record with it?
Accidents? 0
Fatalities? 0
Speeding tickets? 0
Kids on Bikes hit? 0

Maybe drivers Ed should be mandatory in schools to pass, so idiots aren’t behind the wheels of vehicles.

anotherben.bsky.social•4 days ago

Someone hasn’t learned the difference between *anecdotes* and *statistics*, it would seem. What you’ve presented us with is an *anecdote*.

Here’s *statistics* (source: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/latest-driver-death-rates-highlight-dangers-of-muscle-cars):

anotherben.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yes. That is the Dodge Challenger at NUMBER THREE on IIHS’ list of most deaths by make/model. With 154 deaths per 1 million cars on the road.

savvychihuahua.bsky.social•4 days ago

Nissan Altima on the list. Of course it is! 😆🤣

caffeine.fellas.army•4 days ago

Why is the mirage so high? Something must be wrong with it.

glowdonk.bsky.social•4 days ago

I don't trust myself with driving a car, so I have a tricycle (one of the adult kinds with a cargo basket on the back

paulobro.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's ok, soon trump will soon initiate the patriot driving act, if you drive an American car and mow someone down, all charges will be dropped. Merricur yeeeah!

wiartonwilly.bsky.social•4 days ago

What are your thoughts on this trend of installing signs instructing pedestrians to “yield to traffic” or “wait for gap”, at crosswalks?

Seems like another way to blame pedestrians for their traffic misfortunes. Like, thanks for nothing.

pipeorgan75.bsky.social•4 days ago

There are flashing signs for crosswalks in my town. They include signs warning "Drivers May Not Stop"

alcdnindige.bsky.social•4 days ago

💯

nefariusned.bsky.social•4 days ago

Excellent points. We're an auto-centric culture. We don't have to be.

bozone23.bsky.social•4 days ago

Cars suck. The world would be a better place without them.

shelton2r146ord.bsky.social•4 days ago

True!!!

tomflood.bsky.social•4 days ago

*this is from almost 5 years ago now.

mathijsbijnens.bsky.social•4 days ago

Timeless, unfortunately.

babygreensnotblues.bsky.social•4 days ago

So we all know who we think is driving these types of vehicles..idk if I'm to where I think it's politicalized.. I think a weird sort of gentrification is what it is, for lack of a better word. They've gentrified kIlleR trucks. Make them have limits industry wide.

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carolinep0.bsky.social•4 days ago

All the reasons they’re not popular cars in Europe. However cheap they make them (and they’re not cheap)

pipeorgan75.bsky.social•4 days ago

And they destroy flora and the environment with their 4 wheel drives. 👎

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