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"One false move and you are dead" (s3.poliversity.it)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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This is the message of an old campaign for the #securityRoadway in #UK. It sounds ridiculous, if only the same message (maybe a bit watered down), was not used for road safety campaigns nowadays.

Pure victim blaming

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/115705207235775690

Photo of two legs of a person on the sidewalk close to the edge. Overlay writing: "one false move and you are dead". Another overlay: "before you cross the road, stop at the kerb". Public domain image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campain-_One_false_move_and_you%27re_dead.png
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[–] 6 points 10 months ago

Totally get this. On the other hand, in my city where the streets are wide as shit and crossing signals are timed for only the quickest of walkers-you need every second you can get.

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