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#thewaroncars

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OccasionalDucks

A thought about cars and power

The ownership and use of cars embodies one imbalance of power - that of the driver, armed and armoured by the mass, bulk, speed and noise of their vehicle, compared to the unarmed pedestrian or unprotected cyclist. It also necessitates the creation of another imbalance of power - the imposition of heavy handed and simplistic rules, oppressive bureaucracy, stringent enforcement and firm punishment, to balance and restrain the tendency for motorists to abuse their power. If the first power were not abused by some motorists, the second would not be pressed into being. Does the second power also promote the first, by creating a frame that encourages anything it does not forbid and leading those behind the wheel to probe every boundary before, emboldened, driving over it? If society could be inculcated to a mindset and attitude that would end abuse of the first power, such that the second could be done away with, would we drive differently or simply stop driving?

#Transport #TransportPlanning #TheWarOnCars #BanCars

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impermanen_ 🕊️

The Searchers, the longest running pop band in history (68 years!), have announced they’ll disband after their final show in June at the Glastonbury festival. They’re all well into their 80’s but they say the reason for their retirement isn’t at all that they’re tired of performing: it’s that the traffic driving from show to show has become intolerable.

Seems like one to file under #TheWarOnCars

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