Driven to Madness: How cars are ruining our lives

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Cars are making us unhappy and unhealthy. From poor air quality, to mind numbing commutes and gridlocked city centres. Can anything be done to change car culture – or are we already on a highway to hell? Ros Taylor sits down with journalist and author of Carmageddon, Daniel Knowles, to discuss the rise of automobiles and asks if it’s too late to course correct. “The problem to the average driver isn’t you, it’s everything else. ” “I think the car industry likes the idea of reducing civilian deaths without slowing down cars.” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730724/carmageddon-by-daniel-knowles/ www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Robin Leeburn. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.7	stressful experiences of my life I failed the driving test and realized that I shouldn't ever be behind
1:22.0	a wheel for other people's sake I realize though that I shouldn't ever be behind the wheel for other people's sake.
1:23.8	I realize though that I'm pretty unusual. Most people enjoy the freedom they feel
1:28.0	owning a car brings and some of them love it. But like me Daniel Knowles believes cars are ruining the world. He's the author of a new book
1:36.4	Carmageddon about the destruction and death they've wrought over the past century. Welcome to the bunker Daniel.
1:42.1	Thank you for having me. I love to meet somebody who hates cars more than me even it sounds like.
1:48.0	Yeah, because you actually drive, don't you? Whereas I am not allowed to.
1:52.0	Yeah, I do occasionally. I mean, I don't you whereas I am not allowed to. Yeah I do occasionally I mean I don't own a car and I don't drive very much but I drive for work and I very occasionally drive on like a holiday or something.
2:01.2	So you're an economist correspondent and you live in Chicago in the Midwest.
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