This is the message of an old campaign for the #securityRoadway in #UK. It sounds ridiculous, if only the same message (maybe a bit watered down), was not used for road safety campaigns nowadays.

Pure victim blaming

crossposted from: https://poliversity.it/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/115705207235775690

Photo of two legs of a person on the sidewalk close to the edge. Overlay writing: "one false move and you are dead". Another overlay: "before you cross the road, stop at the kerb". Public domain image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Campain-_One_false_move_and_you%27re_dead.png

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[–] 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Almost like a horror movie

"Stay off the road, or else"

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    It looks like an advertisement for a dance club. "Stop at the Kerb." The Kerb is my favorite club.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Is spelling it 'kerb' a British English thing? I've always thought it was curb.

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    I don’t think this is victim blaming, it’s just teaching kids to be safe. If a kid steps into a road and gets hit by a car it doesn’t matter whose fault it is, the kid ain’t coming back to life.

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  • [–] [S] 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, because you accept that roads are dangerous because of cars.

    But who is giving this warning? The same institution that allowed the roads to become unsafe in the first place, and should protect vulnerable users instead of blaming them. This makes it victim blaming.

    Road is public space and it doesn't make sense that so much of it is unsafe for people not in a metal cage. Do you see which community we are in, by the way?

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Man, two things can be true at once. Car culture is a toxic blight on humanity, and also we don't want dead kids. You can navigate reality without "accepting" (meaning approving of) it.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Ok, but the main point is in the second sentence. I mean: the advice to not run down the kerb is something I say to my daughter, and i think it's fine. The problem is where this comes from, the government who is shaking off responsibility for road safety by blaming vulnerable victims instead of working on the cause of danger (spoiler: cars, speed, drivers)

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    [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    We had a full scale light signal in my kindergarten. As well as similar signs.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Side note, people who stand halfway on and off the curb like the picture give me untold amounts of anxiety. Like they are going to leap into traffic at any moment, unpredictably. I really wish people would stand back from the curb, or there were guard rails preventing movement until walk light is green.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    Totally get this. On the other hand, in my city where the streets are wide as shit and crossing signals are timed for only the quickest of walkers-you need every second you can get.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    my brain @ me

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    A different type of false move, and you're dad.

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