The only way to prevent gigantic SUVs & pickups from killing pedestrians is to reduce car bloat. Technology alone won’t do it – even if automakers claim otherwise. Me, in Slate 🧵 slate.com/business/202...

Tax, tax, tax oversized vehicles and use revenue to support transit and build safe bike lanes. Win-win-win. #BanSUVs#BanMegaTrucks

Context: Oversized vehicles are deadly for everyone else on the street – and especially pedestrians. They convey more force in a crash, need added time to brake, have huge blind spots, and are more likely to strike pedestrians’ head/torso. slate.com/business/202...

@katjadiehl.bsky.social hast du diesen Beitrag schon gesehen?

I think neutering financialized industries is awesome and they should do it to homes

Mass and speed.

this should really be self-evident, as it is for every kind of arms race.

I think that good cycling and trains infrastructure are a perfect technology to solve the problem. Even bus lanes can be a solution. ;-)