LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhy pedestrian deaths in the US are at a 40-year highwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down17
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkWhy pedestrian deaths in the US are at a 40-year highwww.vox.comLibertyLizard@slrpnk.net to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoPhones, automatic transmission, so we have a free hand to use the phone, and huge dangerous roads built with no care for pedestrian safety. It’s no single thing, but a mix of things that feed on each other, and create a terribly dangerous situation. 
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 months agoAlso, huge truck and SUVs and the demand for them is ever increasing.
Phones, automatic transmission, so we have a free hand to use the phone, and huge dangerous roads built with no care for pedestrian safety.
It’s no single thing, but a mix of things that feed on each other, and create a terribly dangerous situation. 
Also, huge truck and SUVs and the demand for them is ever increasing.