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What makes it out of control? Are we significantly above baseline pedestrian deaths relative to previous years?
What is the acceptable amount of dead children, that if kept at that level makes letting people drive gigantic emotional support trucks worth it?
"You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go 'according to plan'. Even if the plan is horrifying! If, tomorrow, I tell the press that, like, a gang banger will get shot, or a truckload of soldiers will be blown up, nobody panics, because it's all 'part of the plan'. But when I say that one little old mayor will die, well then everyone loses their minds."
Well none would be the best obviously but that isn't acknowledging reality. In my city we have a mandatory 25 mph max speed limit in residential neighborhoods and it is highly enforced. Policy changes can prevent these situations.
I agree that policy changes can prevent these children's deaths. Speed limits are a nice start, but we can do better. Size limits for personal vehicles, investment in public transit and pedestrian infrastructure, repealing the myriad laws that enforce car dependency such as parking requirements, increased density and reduced zoning restrictions, banning cars in city centers, etc.
any amount of dead children should be out of control.
Maybe previous years have been out of control too? Especially since it is possible to cut down on traffic fatalities with policy changes.
https://www.motor1.com/news/767353/this-city-went-a-year-without-a-traffic-death/