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@geoff_green Scathing yet accurate commentary about what it's like to get local govt to value the lives of people when they're not driving.
In June 2019, while out running, I tripped while crossing an intersection. This didn’t happen only because I’m clumsy; the road I was crossing had been built around 2010 and never completed, so it was missing a final layer of asphalt. There’s a sharp cliff between the gutter pan and the street. It’s a tripping […]
@shawngettler I agree. While law enforcement's role in road safety is questionable at best (and counterproductive in most cases). if a driver is pulled over for an unsafe vehicle, then by definition that vehicle is not road worthy.
The flip side though is that we've designed a system in which many people are forced to drive, even if they cannot afford safe vehicles.
I'd like a system that catches (& fixes) vehicles before they get a chance to be unsafe.
@danbrotherston a hell of a long road. But culture is changing. Slowly, but it's changing.
OTOH, I do worry that the 'cameras in lieu of actual visibility' response is a calculated approach by automakers to soften us up to fully automated driving, lightyears before the tech is good enough.
@davidzipper wikipedia kind of gets at it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_of_Fitness
But I'd be interested for people elsewhere to weigh in, #NewZealand and elsewhere
Geoff Green