The Oregon Department of Transportation just put out a public safety ad focusing on how cars are the number one killer of children. Look at these doe eyes!
Why is that weird? Because ODOT’s budget is almost exclusively devoted to cars! Seventy-three percent of ODOT’s $4.3 billion bi-annual budget goes straight into building and maintaining highways (for cars! Your doe-eyed child’s worst enemy!). Only a measly one percent goes bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, like sidewalks and bike lanes, despite overwhelming evidence showing that the more people bike and walk, the safer and healthier everyone is.
So is this ad a sign that ODOT is sad about financing the enemy? Do they want the legislature to rewrite their budget the next time around instead of giving nearly $840 million to car projects over the objections of bicycle, pedestrian and environmental advocates? Or is it just an ad saying, “We’ll keep building roads wider, so you can drive farther and faster! But then we’ll all feel bad about the inevitable results…”
ODOT’s claim that cars are the number one killer of children in Oregon is bullshit.
We all know that the true number one killer of children in Oregon is Matt Davis.
Technically, it’s Matt Davis’s gun that’s the number one killer of children.
But but but… didn’t you know? If you ride a bike, you’re a pinko commie bastard who breaks every single road law there is at any given opportunity, and who deserves to get injured and die because you’re not a (perfectly law-abiding, friendly, normal, patriotic) car-driver. Haven’t you read the KATU news comments section?
@ROM
Euphamism?
Probably.
And bike lanes/rec areas/parks for transportation promote healthy exercise to keep your doe-eyed child healthy, happy and away from drugs.
No, I was being literal. He shoots kids with bullets. Or so I’ve heard!
once you turn 37 years old other, non-motorized versions of Matt Davis’ gun become more likely to kill you.