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U.S. - Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30 year high
Saw this little article investigating the increase in pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. and thought it might be of interest:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/706481382/why-pedestrian-deaths-are-at-a-...
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Sorry mattsccm, but nobody deserves to die by being hit by a motor vehicle. Being hit and surviving is unpleasent enough. It's not the pedestrian phone users that scare me.
Ped deaths are from 2 causes. Idiot drivers who miss peds doing what they are allowed to do and peds who are too bloody stupid to stay alive. The latter deserve it. 2 totally different issues largely created by modern society eg smart phones and arrogance.
Compounding that problem are smartphones. Both walkers and drivers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren't watching the roads.
Surely there is no such thing as 4,000 %. You can only go to 100% after which you should talk in terms of multiples, thus '4,000% more' should really be expressed as '40 times more'.
Absolutely. I like the Floridian idea of ticketing any kind of distracted driver and it'd be nice to get that over here, but pointless without more traffic police or some kind of dystopian CCTV policing system.