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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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[–] [S] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

Ok, but the main point is in the second sentence. I mean: the advice to not run down the kerb is something I say to my daughter, and i think it's fine. The problem is where this comes from, the government who is shaking off responsibility for road safety by blaming vulnerable victims instead of working on the cause of danger (spoiler: cars, speed, drivers)

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