4 August

Have been driving to work because of the pandemic. One thing I’ve noticed again is just how many people completely ignore road rules. Had a person go past me yesterday who was doing about 140 km/h. Couple of P-platers were racing each other just outside town doing at least 150 km/h. 43,000 people have already been caught by the new mobile phone cameras in Sydney too. Usual calls of revenue raising, but I think the bigger message is the same we’re seeing in Victoria. We’re all hyperindividuals now, we don’t understand or even see the collective side of things. Cars have been major agents in driving that change, as Monbiot describes beautifully here.