@bovine3dom @partim yes getting the vehicle against tax is another story. But slipping it under the safety regulations is something on a different level. All European vehicles are subject to the same crash testing, with no exceptions over 1.5 tons.
Which makes them inherently safer for both for the passengers and other road users.

In the USA, there’s no crumple zone in 1.5 ton trucks and no rollover prevention. Passengers have no protection whatsoever
#DeathTraps

"Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said he had witnessed extreme hunger on the brief trip, his first into Gaza this year, and described Israeli blocks on food and medical shipments as a 'sentence' for starving Palestinians."

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #military #food #hunger #DeathTraps
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"Israel’s government is pursuing an 'unacceptable and morally unjustifiable' policy in Gaza, the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem has said after visiting a church in the territory that was attacked by Israeli forces last week and meeting survivors."

~ Emma Graham-Harrison

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #military #food #hunger #DeathTraps
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/22/cardinal-pizzaballa-gaza-visit-israel-criticism

Cardinal calls Israel’s policy in Gaza ‘morally unjustifiable’ after visit

Pierbattista Pizzaballa condemns blocks on food and warns against plans to force Palestinians to leave territory

The Guardian

"An angry chorus of senior figures, among them the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and a senior Catholic cleric, expressed on Tuesday a growing sense of global horror over Israel’s actions.

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #military #food #hunger #DeathTraps
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"Israel is facing intensifying international condemnation for its killing of starving Palestinian civilians in Gaza, and its attacks on humanitarian efforts, as the UN secretary general, António Guterres, said the 'last lifelines keeping people alive [in the strip] are collapsing'."

~ Peter Beaumont

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #military #food #hunger #DeathTraps
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/22/israel-bombs-who-facilities-in-gaza-as-global-outcry-grows

Global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza

UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah

The Guardian

The Guardian offers a grim visual examination of the militarized aid distribution centers in Gaza run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which are said to be "death traps" leading hungry people desperate for food to death at the hands of the Israeli army.

#Israel #Gaza #Palestinians #military #food #hunger #DeathTraps
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/22/food-aid-gaza-deaths-visual-story-ghf-israel

Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story

Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk

The Guardian

About those door handles: apparently Elon Musk likes the sleek look of retracted door handles, and that's why this problem exists. As for the people dying because of his stylistic preferences, well, they're just part of the experiment:

"The world is his lab. Everyone else is part of the experiment."

#ElonMusk #Tesla #DeathTraps #CoverUp #DesignFlaws
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So all survivors are left with is knowing that their loved one died because the car sped up without any warning, or its emergency brakes activated without warning, or the car crashed and its occupants burned to death because the retractable door handles wouldn't permit emergency workers to open the doors and get them out of the cars.

#ElonMusk #Tesla #DeathTraps #CoverUp #DesignFlaws
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Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden offer a horrifying and thorough report about how impossible it has proven for survivors of people killed in Tesla car crashes to get information about why the car malfunctioned.

Tesla has extensive files. But it won't release information, apparently.

#ElonMusk #Tesla #DeathTraps #CoverUp #DesignFlaws
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing

Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?

The Guardian