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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️

@carhelmets.bsky.social
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Unapologetic safety vigilante/random cat appreciator. Fun fact: You're more likely to die from not riding a bicycle at all than from riding one sans helmet.

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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
When you finally realize just how close to a perfect circle that 'Legit Terrorism/Standard-Issue Traffic Violence' Venn diagram actually is.
reuters.com
Explosion at US-Canada border caused by reckless driver-sources | Reuters
An explosion at on Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge connecting the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls on Wednesday was likely caused by a reckless driver, according to early assessments, sources...
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Bike South Brooklyn @bikesouthbklyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
When local elected officials tell everyone they aren’t all that interested in doing anything about people getting run over in their neighborhood, believe them.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
"A recent study published in the Journal for Environmental Psychology found that people who navigated cities by cycle were more interested in the common good than drivers. “Duh,” you’re probably saying to yourself." Guilty as charged.
velo.outsideonline.com
New Study Suggests Cyclists are Better People than Drivers
A recent study suggests drivers are less interested in the common good than cyclists, and more in the latest Urbanist Update
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Good Enough. Creative piece from the #ReframeRoadSafety campaign developed with NOYS (noys.org) earlier this year. This campaign was built to call out those who design, approve & implement inequitable transportation systems that disproportionately affect youth + BIPOC communities.
image of a child wearing backpack walking a painted bike lane between live traffic lanes. Text: IF youth walked to school in our bike lanes, would cities still consider paint a good enough barrier
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
The majority of the pedestrians slain at these intersections were killed by drivers running red lights. That we are even having a discussion about "the horror" of drivers being slightly inconvenienced in order to prevent them from turning us into greasy smears in the road is offensive.
bikeportland.org
82nd Avenue design proposals weigh value of driving convenience with human life
Projects at NE Glisan and Davis would limit driving access. But how much?
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
“It turned out that the people on the jury were also animal lovers,” said Fuller, who lives with a cat, three dogs and four chickens himself. "animal lovers" being code for "not sociopths", obviously.
oregonlive.com
Jury awards nearly $1.4M to man whose kitty was ‘catnapped’ by Portland landlord
“The jury's message should be loud and clear to landlords,” said attorney Michael Fuller.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Not a typo: "The TV station contacted the Savannah Records Court about the fine, and it said that fines like what Cato received are common practice in the Savannah area to make sure super speeders appear in court."
wsbtv.com
‘This might be a typo.’ Georgia man receives speeding ticket for $1.4 million
Note to self: don't speed around here.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
"Like the parents of a child unable to safely use a dangerous toy, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is taking away two of the four general purpose lanes on Northeast 148th Avenue from car drivers. It’s a move any parent can relate to: Behave badly, get privileges taken away."
bikeportland.org
Over 80% of drivers speed near an elementary school, so PBOT will take away two lanes
Drivers have proven they cannot be trusted to behave properly on wide arterials, so PBOT will take away their privileges.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
"Kids today only care about online free-to-play shooter Fortnite. They don’t even talk about how great gasoline is! Luckily for us, one large oil company wants to change that using Fortnite, TikTok stars, and Twitch streamers. Welcome to Hell." This is the "grooming" you should be worried about.
kotaku.com
Big Oil's Using Fortnite, TikTok, And Twitch In Effort To Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool
Shell knows young people are worried about climate change and hopes some Fortnite maps will fix that
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
TL;DR Driver fined 8 times after neglecting to get parking permit. How is this even newsworthy?
the-sun.com
I got 8 parking fines outside my home - reason we weren’t on driveway was clear
A DRIVER raged that he was hit with eight tickets in just three days for parking outside his home.Desmond Courtney, of Toronto, said he parked his car
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/09/2023
When the automakers and their captive regulators at the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration are finally hauled before Congress to explain the increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities on U.S. roads...
"We're all trying to find the guy who did this" hot dog guy meme.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
"died in bicycle accident" being code for "killed by drunk driver," obviously. Words matter, folks.
snbc13.com
Jake Boykin Las Cruces, NM cyclist and Florida State University PhD student died in Tallahassee, FL ...
Jake Boykin Death - The racing communities in Florida, New Mexico, and Texas are mourning the tragic death of a fellow cyclist and the 2023 USA Cycling
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Garbage human who intentionally killed someone with their car 4+ years ago finally receives the 17-year prison sentence they most certainly deserve.
oregonlive.com
Man gets 17 years for killing well-known Portland antifascist Sean Kealiher
Christopher Knipe, 48, told the courtroom packed with black-clad spectators that he had “nothing” to say.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
"A 2020 Portland study of eight cameras on high-crash roads showed a 94 percent decrease in traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit. " Fines generated by red light and speed camera violations in Portland are used to add more cameras. Don't like them? Simple: stop speeding and running reds.
pdxmonthly.com
New Traffic Cameras and Enforcement Descend on Portland, with Fines
Photo-enforcement cameras and police traffic teams are revving up to slow you down. And that's a good thing.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
Imagine negligently injuring 23 people with your car and then not going to jail because you happened to be temporarily sober at the time of the incident. Oh, wait... apnews.com/article/rose...
apnews.com
Wet roads and speed factored into car crashing into Denny's restaurant, Texas police chief says
A driver who slammed into a busy Denny's restaurant in a suburb of Houston and injured twenty-three people is not facing any charges.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 29/08/2023
Fixed. Also: Every time I attempt to post this image on ExTwitter I get a "something went wrong" error, which doesn't exactly surprise me given how badly the platform has cratered since October 27, 2022.
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
“The program has reduced speeding, decreased the number of injuries and made our streets safer.” This wasn't the outcome of some tiredly superfluous "purdy plz obey teh lawz" awareness campaign. This was the direct result of being bold enough to hold drivers slightly accountable.
nydailynews.com
NYC speed camera violations drop 30% after a year of 24/7 surveillance
New Yorkers are pumping the brakes now that speed cameras are always watching in the city that never sleeps: Speed camera violations have dropped 30% citywide over the past year, the first in which th...
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⛑️Car Helmets⛑️ @carhelmets.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
I'm 1 of 2 individuals at my place of employment who aren't gratuitously late every week. We also happen to be the only 2 people who don't drive to work, with their commute consisting of a combination of public transit and pedal bike, and mine being 100% bike or e-bike. Probably just a coincidence.
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