Jalopnik: No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths

"...Everyone can agree that this is bad, which is why so many organizations have committed themselves to curbing road deaths. The problem is how those organizations, from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration itself to NPR, are addressing the issue: Telling the pedestrians and cyclists how to alter their behavior to better accommodate cars. It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need."

https://www.jalopnik.com/1979666/defensive-walking-no-solution-road-deaths/

#BikeTooter #cycling #infrastructure #pedestrians #infrastructure

"A 24-year-old man who hit two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car and sped away, later bragging to his friends he'd run down an "oxygen thief", has been spared actual jail time."

"The NT Supreme Court heard that after the crash, which killed one Aboriginal man and injured another, Danby sent a series of "callous" text messages about his victims. In one message, Danby described the crash as a "two for one combo"."They learnt their lesson now, maybe next time they will use the crossing instead of walking out in front of cars, expecting me to stop like they own the place," the text message read...Danby will be detained in a house at Humpty Doo for the next five months." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/jake-danby-sentenced-over-fatal-hit-and-run-at-leanyer-in-2024/105773728
#Pedestrians #motorists #speeding #cars #violence #law #IndigenousPeoples #HateCrime #laws #Australia

"A 24-year-old man who hit two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car and sped away, later bragging to his friends he'd run down an "oxygen thief", has been spared actual jail time."

"The NT Supreme Court heard that after the crash, which killed one Aboriginal man and injured another, Danby sent a series of "callous" text messages about his victims. In one message, Danby described the crash as a "two for one combo"."They learnt their lesson now, maybe next time they will use the crossing instead of walking out in front of cars, expecting me to stop like they own the place," the text message read...Danby will be detained in a house at Humpty Doo for the next five months." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/jake-danby-sentenced-over-fatal-hit-and-run-at-leanyer-in-2024/105773728
#Pedestrians #motorists #speeding #cars #violence #law #IndigenousPeoples #HateCrime #laws #Australia