RVN: Fatal accident on the A59 – the traffic jam or the framing?
This morning a serious accident occurred on the A59 near Heesch.
Two people were killed and several others injured.
Four cars collided at the tail end of a traffic jam.
That jam had formed because tractors belonging to farmers were on their way to a protest in Den Bosch against the revocation of permits.
The narrative
In much of the coverage the accident is quickly linked to “the farmers” or “the farmers’ protest.”
The suggestion is clear: without those tractors this would not have happened.
The reality
The accident took place at the tail of the traffic jam.
No tractors were involved in the collision itself.
It was four cars crashing into each other — exactly the kind of rear-end collision that happens daily in traffic jams due to inattention.
The framing is striking.
When an ordinary traffic jam forms because of an accident, roadworks or simple congestion, you rarely hear extensive discussion about how the jam started, let alone an immediate assignment of blame to a specific group.
Now that farmers’ tractors are involved, the cause of the jam is immediately and emphatically highlighted and used to assign responsibility.
That the jam was caused by slow-moving tractors is a fact.
That the farmers are therefore the direct cause of the fatal accident is a step too far.
At the same time, the context matters.
More and more farmers have their backs against the wall. Permits are being revoked, nitrogen rules make running a business impossible, succession within the family is becoming unfeasible, and the prevailing feeling is that The Hague and the provinces are not seriously listening.
Protests with tractors are for many of them not “action for the sake of action,” but one of the last ways to remain visible in a policy that is structurally undermining their existence.
OIM way out
In the face of tragic events, the temptation is strong to immediately blame the group that is already in the doghouse.
Genuine analysis takes into account both the traffic facts and the desperate position in which many farmers find themselves.
Keep distinguishing between a traffic jam caused by a protest and the responsibility for a rear-end collision in that jam.
Question for you
If exactly the same accident happens tomorrow in a normal morning rush hour without tractors…
who gets the blame then?
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### RVN: Fatal accident on the A59 – the traffic jam or the framing?
This morning a serious accident occurred on the A59 near Heesch.
Two people were killed and several others injured.
Four cars collided at the tail end of a traffic jam.
That jam had formed because tractors belonging to farmers were on their way to a protest in Den Bosch against the revocation of permits.
**The narrative**
In much of the coverage the accident is quickly linked to “the farmers” or “the farmers’ protest.”
The suggestion is clear: without those tractors this would not have happened.
**The reality**
The accident took place at the **tail** of the traffic jam.
No tractors were involved in the collision itself.
It was four cars crashing into each other — exactly the kind of rear-end collision that happens daily in traffic jams due to inattention.
The framing is striking.
When an ordinary traffic jam forms because of an accident, roadworks or simple congestion, you rarely hear extensive discussion about how the jam started, let alone an immediate assignment of blame to a specific group.
Now that farmers’ tractors are involved, the cause of the jam is immediately and emphatically highlighted and used to assign responsibility.
That the jam was caused by slow-moving tractors is a fact.
That the farmers are therefore the direct cause of the fatal accident is a step too far.
At the same time, the context matters.
More and more farmers have their backs against the wall. Permits are being revoked, nitrogen rules make running a business impossible, succession within the family is becoming unfeasible, and the prevailing feeling is that The Hague and the provinces are not seriously listening.
Protests with tractors are for many of them not “action for the sake of action,” but one of the last ways to remain visible in a policy that is structurally undermining their existence.
**OIM way out**
In the face of tragic events, the temptation is strong to immediately blame the group that is already in the doghouse.
Genuine analysis takes into account both the traffic facts and the desperate position in which many farmers find themselves.
Keep distinguishing between a traffic jam caused by a protest and the responsibility for a rear-end collision in that jam.
**Question for you**
If exactly the same accident happens tomorrow in a normal morning rush hour without tractors…
who gets the blame then?
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