Interesting Links for 08-09-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Greens now leading Labour amongst LGB voters

(tags:LGBT polls politics UK )

2. Palestinian prisoners are being starved, Israel's top court says

(tags:food palestine israel OhForFucksSake )

3. How Britain built some of the world's safest roads (The death rate per mile driven has declined 22-fold since 1950.)

(tags:death safety uk driving GoodNews )

Comments

road safety

[fanf]

Huh, I didn’t think Britain was that good, but there are very few countries that are better. TIL!

The chart showing the reduction in death rate has big drops around 1990 and 2005 which made me think vehicle safety regulations deserved a lot of the credit; the article talks a lot about drink-driving and speed limits.

I like the more recent rules about forward and side visibility for drivers of heavy goods vehicles. I think we should apply similar rules to cars to discourage huge SUVs.

Re: road safety

[andrewducker]

My dad's Volvo has incredibly impressive 360-vision projected on a dashboard screen, showing him what's around him when reversing.

The footage around 1:30-2:00 here captures it pretty well - it pulls in the view from multiple cameras and stitches together a view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCxXkHh2920

[foms]

X Marks the Pedwalk
by Fritz Leiber
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52776/52776-h/52776-h.htm

3. How Britain built some of the world's safest roads

[anef]

Completely fascinating. Interesting that Italy is relatively safe compared to the United States, not necessarily what I might have guessed.

Speaking as someone who walked away from a fairly serious car accident a few years ago, I'm extremely grateful that the UK has one of the lowest fatality rates.

Re: 3. How Britain built some of the world's safest roads

[andrewducker]

I'm glad you walked away.