one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
August 12 2008
The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist“there is nothing unique about the frequency with which cyclists as a class break the law when compared with drivers or pedestrians”
October 20 2007
Warning: this vehicle may seriously damage your health.
September 14 2007
Dates for your agenda starting October 3rd: a series of midday conferences concerning automobile pressure on the city of Brussels.
August 22 2007
the system works“There is simply no other measure as effective in quickly reducing traffic as congestion charging.”
June 23 2007
Renault greenwash
The hypocrisy of the auto industry still manages to surprise me. I spotted this ad on a Belgian news site:
Translation: The eco-conditions from Renault, recommended by nature.
Yes, I’m sure nature recommends a toxic gas shower.
June 07 2007
Tell the EU to make cars more fuel-efficient.
April 28 2007
In the thirties, William Bushnell Stout designed the egyptian-inspired and art-deco-feeling scarab automobile.
April 19 2007
Drive one day less and look how much carbon monoxide you’ll keep out of the air we breathe
March 11 2007
Dear Mr Winterkorn, you could actually choose not to give customers what they want, or rather what your advertising makes them want.
February 24 2007
Scientists believe that there are so many idiots behind the wheel that we would all be safer if cars were driven by robots, and that’s what they’re working on. I wonder if they’ll have a “go round the block 100 times with music at loud volume” program for the sad gits who mistake those looks of pity from pedestrians for admiration.
February 10 2007
Start thinking beyond the car“Get this: the cars are not part of the solution (whether they run on fossil fuels, vodka, used frymax oil, or cow shit). They are at the heart of the problem. And trying to salvage the entire Happy Motoring system by shifting it from gasoline to other fuels will only make things much worse.”
December 13 2006
The modern automobile uses just one percent of its energy to move its occupants, the rest is used to move the big hunk of metal and glass that it is, power the gadgets, and a big chunk is simply lost as heat.
November 14 2006
Car advertising takes itself down another notch.
November 09 2006
We’ve got 10 years to avoid dangerous climate changes. At the moment, it’s not looking too great...
October 22 2006
A quarter of road traffic victims were not inside a car. Great concept.
October 20 2006
Killing somebody with your car can be very traumatic.
August 21 2006
The flawed presumption that murder and maiming by car is an “accident”.
August 10 2006
We won't pay for driving so we queue“By hiding the cost of congestion - by paying it in time rather than money - we understate the cost of our preference for living in low-density patterns and we end up overinvesting in highways.”
