Say 'drivers', not 'cars': it's the people in inside the boxes that do the stuff

I work with someone who drives a mile to work.

My, sadly now deceased, next door neighbour used to spend 10 minutes every winter morning scraping the ice off his car with it idling to warm up in order to drive precisely 0.6 miles (I looked it up) to work.

That is bonkers isn't it. Truly mad.

people talk about reparations, yeah, they do
people talk about reparations, yeah, well me too
i want reparations from the government
i want reparations from the school
i want reparations from the tv
i want reparations from you

i’m gonna needs some reparation, yeah yeah
im gonna needs some reparation, oh yeah
put in direct deposit in my account, if you want
i’m gonna get reparations right now, right now

people talk about reparations, well you know what?
the people who made this country they weren’t given given one red cent
the people who built this country ended up scavenging, living in tents
well i’ve been laughed at
i’ve been spit on, kicked and abused
i want reparations, yeah, how about you?

i’m gonna needs some reparation, yeah yeah
im gonna needs some reparation, oh yeah
put in direct deposit in my account, if you want
i’m gonna get reparations right now, right now

A song by the excellent Chain & the Gang.

I want reparations from motorcar companies. I want reparations from oil companies.

https://mobile.twitter.com/standardnews/status/659287905953779712

Naughty car

linked to the right of that story:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/croydon-tramlink-crash-four-injured-after-mini-smashes-into-tram-at-crossroads-a3100661.html

https://medium.com/reclaim-magazine/accidentally-on-purpose-a67548e39371

Great^, that was worth a read.

tl:dr Say 'Crash' not 'Accident'.

This car felt so guilty about its own naughty behaviour that it dobbed itself in to the cops, despite its owner not wanting it to:

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/07/florida-woman-arrested-hit-and-run-car-calls-police

If only there had been someone to control the bus:

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-06-01/bus-top-floor-ripped-off-in-bridge-crash/

Since that bus collided with the bridge and there were no injuries we can assume no people were involved at all #transformers

I know. Amazing, isn't it?

Clearly a driverless tale
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/oxford-street-crash-three-injured-after-car-collides-with-bus-then-smashes-into-shop-a3358756.html

the car involved in the incident had driven off

“A BMW driver “miraculously” escaped unharmed after a car they were driving flipped on its roof in Regent’s Park…. Shocked witnesses told how a female driver managed to escape the BMW 118i unharmed after it apparently mounted a pavement and crashed into a parking meter.”
It is frankly terrifying that these cars are so wilful and reckless. You never know what they are going to do next. It probably got startled by a loud noise or tried to mate with the parking meter mentioned.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/regents-park-crash-driver-miraculously-unharmed-after-bmw-flips-on-roof-near-university-a3411606.html#commentsDiv

Interesting article from Deutsche Welle which I wasn't sure where to put:
http://www.dw.com/en/illegal-racing-cars-as-lethal-weapons/a-37695541

This car was obviously drunk

Cars are definitely getting nosier:

One car slows down to look as a fire engine quickly arrives at the scene

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/dramatic-moment-car-engulfed-in-flames-on-busy-road-in-enfield-a3481111.html

The reporting on last nights awful events was terribly sloppy.
"Van drove into people on the bridge" The van then drove towards Borough Etc.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/DriverNotCar?src=hash

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Why the passive voice in the description of this horror

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/car-driven-children-glasgow-castlemilk-injured-attempted-murder-latest-update-police-a8273101.html

An Audi A8 points a gun

Tweet them about it: https://twitter.com/rdgchronicle

Not sure if this is the right thread, but the traffic reporter on R2 keeps mentioning some bridge that's closed, saying: 'It's open to pedestrians and cyclists but all vehicles are diverted.

Sorry, didn't realise a bike isn't a vehicle.

Indeed. It isn't closed. More open than ever
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/332757/

There was talk of doing that with Prince Street bridge in Bristol for a while. Tangible rage via local newspaper comments.

@itvlondon

Shocking video shows car hitting cyclist and driving off.

https://twitter.com/itvlondon/status/1123909694681157632