Fuck off, this is carbrained nonsense.
Cars should try to drive over people less - and the best way to do that is to have everyone (who owns one) hand in their hummers and pickups, in return for a smaller and saner car, or multiple bicycles.
I've been thinking of an electric motorcycle as well, for some of the longer commutes I do.
But at the same time, I also want that cheap and tiny slate EV, for family trips. I saw one in person, it's definitely 1980s pickup small, and I really want to encourage the adoption of trucks that small.
As a bonus, it'll also confuse and frustrate the lifted gargantuan F-250 and 350 owners.
Idea: reinstate the old law that required all cars to be preceded by a pedestrian carrying a large red warning flag. /hj
All cars should also be painted in high-visibility color (yellow/green and orange/red/pink) and car passengers should wear helmets for their protection.
I propose a deal: cars are completely banned in cities, and are prohibited to have any sound isolation so that ~~the occupants must hear all the immense noise they produce~~ drivers are more aware of their surroundings. Then I will happily wear a hi-vis when walking along a road in the middle of nowhere.
…….. satire, right ? Right ?
Seriously? How fucking stupid.
Alright, but I also get to carry and use my anti-car brick.
Like hi vis would help!
There's been plenty of incidents where people have driven into police vehicles despite being covered in hi vis & reflective strips with their lights flashing
It's not Ireland but I was just recently in Guernsey and... cars would drive over the sidewalk constantly (without putting pedestrian at risks AFAICT). Plenty of roads (if not most) on the island had just 0 sidewalk, like none. The road itself would often not accommodate 2 cars passing each other.
In such context I can imagine that indeed high-vis jackets would somehow help... but damn, just don't make your entire country, or small island country-ish in my personal example, car-centric then you wouldn't have to ask pedestrians to be "visible" in order not to die.
similar in his constinuency tbf, mostly rural roads without markings
This is idiot crapshwaggle of course. However, I've driven a bunch of the back roads in Southern Ireland and honestly, I'm not sure what else would help. I mean, they spray paint the sheep hi-vis in some places.
Slower driving speeds enforced by road design will definitely help.
Large pieces of concrete, very close to the roadway. Drivers don't tend to worry about killing people, but make them risk damaging their car if they don't pay attention, and they'll pay attention.
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