Ciarán Ferrie on Nostr: "We’re walking the concrete tightrope to school and a harried parent in a giant ...

"We’re walking the concrete tightrope to school and a harried parent in a giant sport utility vehicle throttles toward us, engine roaring and belching like an ill-mannered dragon. I wince as 3 tons of steel whooshes past my 11-year-old daughter.

If she were an iron lamppost or a stone wall, maybe the driver would slow down. But she consists of softer elements, like the infinite possibility of childhood, so the driver speeds past."

#RoadSafety #Wankpanzers
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