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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen (open.substack.com)

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Options for reasonable sized cars is the US have decreased. Mega trucks ans SUVs are what sells, I guess.

Part of this increase may also be because there are a lot of people out there driving like there are no consequences to their actions. Is it just because I am older, or are there more aggressive speeder out there?

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 2 points 3 days ago

There's just more fucking people in general so the odds of encountering the worst of them goes up

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

My wife is a medical coder for the ED, for more than a dozen hospitals and says the overwhelming area for vehicle fatalities she codes is intersections crossing in front of traffic. Particularly trying to make the yellow. The plural of anecdote isn't data mind you, but she's been at this for 15+ years and has a pretty good sense of it.

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[–] VirtuePacket@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'll stick with my boring, boomer sedans. I genuinely don't enjoy driving SUVs and light trucks--primarily due to the blind spot issue and high hoods that the article describes.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

They are impossible to park in a multilevel garage but hilarious to watch Chuck Boomer driving round and round to find a spot. These people are fucking idiots.

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I’m driving my little Subaru into the ground before I buy a big ass overpriced piece of shit crossover or pickup truck with pillars thicker than my thighs. I like being able to actually see out of my car.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Those are pretty staggering numbers considering the population has only grown by maybe 12% in that same timeframe.

[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Great stuff. Big car go splat.

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting to me is some new cars will auto brake before crashing, so I guess the issue is "fixed".

[–] TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That would be included in the data. The auto braking is also worse when it comes to to pedestrians than other cars if I'm remembering a report from a little while that came out correctly.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 2 days ago

Like other heavily pushed products in recent years, it atrophies the individual's responsibility. "The thing does that for me."

[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Can't see the data, cant see the icon of who is posting the data. Something is fucky here.

[–] Auth@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

Is this written by the AI? Its devoid of any substance and the "author" is just pissing and shitting about not having the infrastructure they only realized they want after they started watching NJB videos a few years ago. Horriblely written article, not related to technology at all.

[–] greenbelt@lemy.lol -4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Could this relate to homeless people living right next to streets? At which rate did homeless population grow?

[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

It relates to horrible, anti-human policies all around. For comparison: in the EU the number of pedestrian fatalities dropped by 40% in a similar period.

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