Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Centre Potsdam

We need a new language for reporting on traffic

From "four-year-old runs into car" to "cyclist falls under turning truck" - the wording of police reports and newspaper articles often shifts responsibility for road-related harms away from motorists. This shapes the way we think about road incidents and puts the brakes on an emerging shift in mobility.

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2021

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von Schneidemesser, D. (2021). We need a new language for reporting on traffic. IASS Blog, 11.05.2021.

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