Brent Toderian
“The unvarnished truth is that the real and greatest threat to our children on Halloween is the automobile. Kids are three times more likely to be hit by a car on #Halloween than on any other night of the year. By focusing on imagined dangers, communities are failing to take action that could actually protect children.”
https://ctmirror.org/2023/10/23/who-hijacked-halloween/
Who hijacked Halloween?

Urban legends abound during Halloween. Some are harmless, but others cause extreme reactions to wholly imaginary dangers.

CT Mirror
Oct 24, 2023 at 2:56amWeb
Show thread😀🚲Oct 24, 2023
@BrentToderian I tried to organize a car-free street for halloween in our moderately suburban Portland neighborhood. 😒 the fear of political resistance to anything that threatens car dominance is way overblown, but somehow media convinces people that car supremacy is the mainstream opinion. "And now a word from our sponsor: cars."
Show threadexcited for the mastodon riseOct 24, 2023

@BrentToderian I feel like the death of actually walking neighborhoods, replaced by lame daylight parking lot adult friendly "park and treats" or whatever is a tacit admission of this.

That plus we live too far apart

Show threadDaniel BrotherstonOct 24, 2023

@BrentToderian I think the more interesting thing is how cars are not just a bigger risk on Halloween, but also a VASTLY greater threat than any of the things that the police usually give shitty fearmongery PSAs about...

Yes, razor blades in candy apples are a real threat for Constable Cares....but Joe Blow hurrying home in a huff in his giant F-250 pickup while texting his worker...that's barely worth a passing mention, and sure as shit not worth a fine.