#motorist

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The extraordinary sportswoman, motorist, fencer, weightlifter, jiu jitsu champion and international tennis player, May 'Toupie' Lowther (1874-1944), organised her own team of women ambulance drivers – the Hackett-Lowther Ambulance Unit – and took 20 cars and 30 women to France.

The British army did not use the all-women ambulances, who attached instead to the French Third Army for nearly three years of wartime service. Lowther was awarded the French military medal, the Croix de Guerre, for her service.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

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Jawbox

Motorist (1993)

[thejaymo]

No one is waging war on motorists – but maybe we should be

Face it, a world with fewer cars would be healthier, cleaner and just plain nicer.

This is a shame because there are numerous compelling reasons to think that a civilisation built around the expectation that most of us have our own personal tonne of metal to move around in was kind of a bad idea. To wit:

1) They waste a lot of space. 2) They waste a lot of energy.  3) They pollute. 4) Look, car-free spaces are just nicer, OK? 5) They kill people.

No, there isn’t a war on the motorist. But it’s about time there was.

Read the full article in the New Statesman

[wrooom]

2017: Car Spotting 

"As any motor vehicle can, these superwagens were passing through the same route during the Tour d'Elegance. I have no idea what their makes or models are. "

By Beetlebomb Pohutukawa

[bikeroar]

WHOA! Maybe he loves cyclists, but is totally furious about the quality of Chipotle guac on #GuacamoleDay??? 🚲😠🥑

Video 📹 via Kook Life / nathanpill

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Dorothy Levitt (1882-1922) was a trailblazer for women in motoring. She was the first British female racing driver and set a number of world records, being called “the Fastest Girl on Earth” or “the Champion Lady Motorist of the World” by the press of the day.

She first competed in a motor race in 1903, becoming the first English woman to do so. She set records for water speed and land speed, as well as for the longest drive by a woman when she drove from London to Liverpool and back in 1905. She was also responsible for inventing the rearview mirror by describing its use in her 1909 book The Woman and the Car.

[kohlrabi-official]

road users and who they can´t stand