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[article] Pedestrians Are Dying in Record Numbers. There’s Nothing “Accidental” About It.

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[article] Pedestrians Are Dying in Record Numbers. There’s Nothing “Accidental” About It.

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Pedestrians Are Dying in Record Numbers. There’s Nothing “Accidental” About It.
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Our roads are designed for death. Regulators are asleep at the wheel.
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    Freakonomics has an episode where they conclude the best way to murder someone in the US is via vehicle striking a pedestrian since the drivers almost never even get a sitation

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    giant cars adn reckless drivers make for a lot of death and dismemberment.

    in my experinece it isn’t someone driving 10 year old civic that is blowing through red lights and gross walks. it’s a middle aged mom/dad in that brand new giant kia SUV they wish was an Audi.

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    So so so many people are just on their phones constantly while driving. It’s infuriating. My state just recently passed a new bill for harsher fines for doing so but I still constantly see it

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      The worst offenders are often cops too.

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        Last week I had the pleasure of seeing a local cop veer off the road right into a tree while staring at his phone.

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        I HaVe DrIvEr TrAiNiNg

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    We should relocate all of our shittiest drivers to D.C. and just let things work themselves out.

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      I thought they were already there along with poorly designed road network working OT to kill bicyle riders.

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    Meanwhile elsewhere:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/how-helsinki-and-oslo-cut-pedestrian-deaths-to-zero

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