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Godfrey642

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Justice, Human Rights, Kindness. A Brit-Aussie from Brighton now living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm never ceded. Voting YES to Voice.
I love 💕 my husband & children & 🌏, my #dogs, #music, #garden, #chocolate, #reading, #travelling the world, .. and #llamas. I don't tolerate the intolerable so if you're a bigot stay away.

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ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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A rising road toll in the US. A rising road toll in Australia. Journalists give 1000 reasons why it could be happening.

And they studiously avoid mentioning the growing proportion of massive SUVs and pickup trucks on the roads. If they mention it at all, it's only in passing: https://youtu.be/Hb5_RUNeC0g?si=uuns6D1I6fGINdpU

But.

If you have larger and heavier cars, with larger blind spots, of course you're going to have more fatalities!

Remember kids: Every 10cm a vehicle's hood height increases, the risk of fatalities grows by 22%: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017

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Godfrey642 ,
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@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
Here in Melbourne the driving has become INSANE.
Weaving from lane to lane on the freeway. Jumping red lights. Going the wrong way along service roads. Changing lanes or turning without indicating. Swerving. That's just what I've seen in the last week.
I cant say what age group it is but it's all about entitlement and feeling they have a right to do as they please. And the large SUVs are worst of all

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@Steveg58 @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
Interesting.
That would seem to align with the idea that younger ppl skill up in video car chase games and as a consequence they think they're untouchable on the road in real life. Nuts, really

ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

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@GeorgeCzernuszka @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
I live in Melbourne suburbs (Australia) and all of these are 15mins walk away except uni, hospital and sports stadium but could get to all of those from the train station 400m away

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