Safety, responsibility, lawfulness, sustainability, courtesy, respect for life and health /I'm trying to get back into Twitter after a health break/
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Well, I had a spot of surgery several weeks ago. I now have an ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator). That's the thing in the lower left corner of this picture. The thing that kind of looks like some weird shoulder boob.
My cardiologist has told me that I have weak heart muscle and am at risk for tachycardia arrhythmia which may suddenly kill me without warning. I'll be on beta blockers for at least 90 days and must wear a defibrillator vest until my heart strengthens.
#ICouldDie
Meanwhile, car owner virus has been pandemic for more than a century and has killed tens of Millions.
This is an outrage. Stop blaming victims!
"Uber self-driving car involved in fatal crash couldn't detect jaywalkers" engadget.com/2019/11/06/uber… via @engadget
Ethical Driving / People Keep Crashing retweeted
The problems that cars present are endless, and we should be aggressively phasing them out of our cities.
Don’t get distracted by the tech: trains and bikes are the future!
Driving is not just an air pollution and climate change problem — turns out, it just might be the largest contributor of microplastics in California coastal waters bit.ly/2pnWqWT
Ethical Driving / People Keep Crashing retweeted
But Berkeley banned plastic straws.
"Rainfall washes more than 7 trillion microplastics, much of it tire particles, into San Francisco Bay each year — 300x greater than microfibers/beads from polyester clothes, beauty products, and other plastics." latimes.com/environment/stor…
4 million traffic deaths = crickets chirping
17 vaping deaths = calls for total bans
Let's be consistent and protect EVERY life.
"Vaping-related deaths in United States rise to 17" a.msn.com/05/en-us/AAI7TN6?o…
A 2013 study by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation found nearly 400,000 Americans are living with spinal cord injuries caused by crashes
christopherreeve.org/living-…
In the US, 200,000 people a year are treated for traumatic brain injuries caused by crashes.
brainline.org/slideshow/info…
Paris is testing 'noise radar' that will automatically ticket loud cars engadget.com/2019/08/31/pari… via @engadget
False Memories, Habit Could Be Partly to Blame for Hot Car Deaths thegreatcoursesdaily.com/fal…
Believe it or not, American roads are even more dangerous than our churches, malls, and schools. We're a disgrace in gun violence and road violence, but it doesn't have to be this way.
"Amnesty International Issues U.S. Travel Warning: Avoid Churches, Malls, Schools"
po.st/TLm8Fi via @pdxprogressiveX
"Amnesty International Issues U.S. Travel Warning: Avoid Churches, Malls, Schools"
po.st/TLm8Fi via @pdxprogressiveX
Good job. Now make all the other auto makers cease-and-desist until they make vehicles that are actually safe for everyone.
"NHTSA sent Tesla cease-and-desist over Model 3 safety claims" engadget.com/2019/08/07/nhts… via @engadget
2 of these things kill
"Buy a Truck from This Dealer and He’ll Toss in a Flag. And a Bible. And a Gun." po.st/rV82EE via @hemantmehta
We need UNIVERSAL TRANSIT.
The smoke in this picture IS climate change.
#ClimateActionNow #WoodburyFire #SuperstitionWilderness
