Joan of Contention 😷Cars are trash. Ban cars. "Particles from vehicle tyre wear are the biggest source of nanoplastic pollution in the high Alps, a pioneering project has revealed."
In news to nobody: "Serious injuries to cyclists on roads far higher than official Garda data shows: Study finds number of injured child cyclists recorded in Irish hospital data is more than six times higher than in Garda records"
via The Irish Times (archived copy)
#StreetsAreForPeople #CarsAreTrash #AnGardaSíochána #Gardaí #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #Cycling #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine
Also this week in data protection: your car is a rolling data breach.
https://mastodon.radio/@megahertz/112090868684225437
via @megahertz h/t @aral
Megahertz (@[email protected])
Privacy tip: When you sell or trade-in a vehicle, remember to erase all of your data from the in-car electronics. The car dealerships will NOT do this, although they should be required to. This wasn’t done for the last few vehicles I’ve purchased. I know one previous owners name, where she lives, what her taste in music is, where her dad lives (and how often she visited him), and what restaurants she often went to. In the wrong hands, this is dangerous as hell. #Automobile #Privacy
"Plan to remove car parking spaces from public servants."
DO IT.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0114/1426460-ryan-parking-spaces/