The car-road complex, Big Car is like the military-industrial complex

Saving Ourselves from Big Car, David Obst >>
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-ourselves-from-big-car/9780231210423/

"Big Car is a confederation of industries such as gasoline, auto manufacturing, car insurance, lobbyists, asphalt producers, tire producers, and others, who work together to push a lifestyle that has made us all dependent on their products...The “American Dream” had become the world’s nightmare."
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David Obst in Conversation with Renee Bales About Saving Ourselves from Big Car
https://cupblog.org/2025/10/07/david-obst-in-conversation-with-renee-bales-about-saving-ourselves-from-big-car/
#cars #roads #MobilityDesign #suburbs #SettlerSociety #FossilFuel #AmericanDream #BigCar #CarMinds #petromasculinity #CarFreeZones #climate #MassMortality #EV #MaaS

Big Noise Bring on the noise cameras, now!

"Laws not enforced
You are free to report noisy vehicles in NSW and in the 12 months to April 30 last year, there were indeed 4,455 such reports. And there were exactly zero penalties issued by police. Over the previous five years there were 34,195 reports – and just 74 penalties issued. "

"But there is no reason other than political lack of will and tardiness for innocent bystanders at outdoor cafes and in their homes at night being persecuted by the aforementioned inadequates."
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https://michaelwest.com.au/big-noise-bring-on-the-noise-cameras-now/
#noise #pollution #FossilFuels #cars #TrailBikes #dogs #pets #petromasculinity #CarMinds #enforcement #EPA #NSW

Australia’s new climate adaptation plan:
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-adaptation-plan.pdf

Major Australian gas project extended until 2070
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpw1d2wdj84o
#FossilFuels #ClimateBreakdown #cars #Automobility #CarDependency #pollution #MobilityDesign #oilandgas #AmericanWayOfLife #CarMinds

The sentencing of Cassius Turvey’s killers shows courts still struggle to deal with racism

"The brutal homicide of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, Cassius Turvey, by a group of white men revealed the racial schisms in Western Australian society. Turvey was walking home from school in October 2022 when he was abruptly beaten to death."
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https://theconversation.com/the-sentencing-of-cassius-turveys-killers-shows-courts-still-struggle-to-deal-with-racism-259541
#FirstNationsPeoples #children #violence #harm #RacialViolence #murder #SystemicRacism #cars #motorists #CarMinds #AustralianPsyche #Australia

The deadly 3,000kg car bloat trend

Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier

"Also in recent years, Australia has spectacularly failed at its mission of bringing down road deaths and serious injuries. Speed – and their proclivity to be driven faster – and overall height make larger vehicles far more likely to kill or cause serious injury when hitting pedestrians, cyclists, motorbikes and smaller cars."

"Newstead warns how this mentality can lead to an arms race to larger cars for those wanting to bolster their own safety. Crucially, if a driver can’t make eye contact with a pedestrians, “they are going to drive as though they aren’t there”"
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous
#vehicles #cars #SUVs #speeding #RoadViolence #drivers #pedestrians #CarBloat #CarMinds #cyclists #families #SchoolDropOffs #SacrificeZone #MobilityDesign #failure #FossilFuel #climate #regulation