Charlie

@urchaidh.bsky.social

Very much the likes of me.

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

A mockup SUV advert image with a prototype safety warning

I am once again going to bang my wee drum about how many folks go and pay to holiday cycling about in a rewilded/tree-lined car-free 15-minute city and don't stop to think for a minute that home could be just like that, after they drive home again from Center Parcs.

The length of time between Porty getting some new dropped kerbs installed, ¹ and some entitled driver blocking it with their ego-pram is, sadly, measured in hours.

Large white SUV parked blocking a newly installed  drop kerb. There are double yellow lines with no loading markings.