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Edit: to clarify: the message in the ad is actually ironic/satirical, mocking the advice for cyclists to wear high-viz at night.
It uses the same logic but inverts the parts and responsabilities, by suggesting to motorists (not cyclists) to apply bright paint on their cars.
So this ad is not pro or against high-viz, it's against victim blaming
Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113544508246569296
Honestly it sucks that happened to you, but using that as a reason to decide that a whole form of transport is akin to shooting an AK-47 in a dark room (or whatever it was) or beating a child is ridiculous. People get hurt every day from all kinds of vehicles and all kinds of objects.
Sometimes you can just be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A lot of people are in the wrong place at the wrong time. More and more as your killing machines grow. As they claim ever more of our cities. The only forms of transit that might be more dangerous are helicopters and rockets.
Also, its killing the earth. Its the least efficient form of transit. Aside from helicopters rockets and planes.
And there's nowhere you can go with a car you couldn't go with a train, using same or less infrastructure.
So why was it worth it? What was my body sacrificed for?