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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed (theconversation.com)
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[–] [S] 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This is also yet another reason SUVs are bad: bigger tyres, higher weight, more wear, more pollution.

It's also another reason to have lower speed limits: less friction, less wear, less pollution.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I learned recently that speed limits are determined by studying the speeds driven and setting them at the 85th percentile.

    So what we can do to lower speed limits is to find a place they're doing a traffic study and repeatedly drive over them at very low speeds.

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