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   The War on Cars (thewaroncars@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2024 09:52:05 JST The War on Cars

   "We find that, since their invention, cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion. Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility."

   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692324000267

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     Rayne, Unexpired-Covid-Test-Having Bourgeois Ass (salad_bar_breath@todon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2024 09:52:03 JST Rayne, Unexpired-Covid-Test-Having Bourgeois Ass

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     • James 🦉 #FBPE :europe:

     @freequaybuoy the thing with that though is that the automobile being mass produced and distributed makes it so roads are often more congested, making it difficult for Fire and EMS to get on site. Not to mention car culture drives more people to live in lower ring suburbs and rural areas making rescue access difficult. Plus the significantly amount of casulties and destruction from so many personal vehicles stretches EMS and Fire resources.

     Cars' mass production and consumption actually makes EMS and Fire less effective. It would save more lives if those were among the few vehicles on the road. So car culture results in a net loss of lives saved by fire and ambulance as well.

     @TheWarOnCars

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     James 🦉 #FBPE :europe: (freequaybuoy@mastodon.green)'s status on Thursday, 22-Feb-2024 09:52:04 JST James 🦉 #FBPE :europe:

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     @TheWarOnCars Harder to quantify, but I wonder how many lives they've saved - ambulances and fire engines in particular.

     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: repeated this.