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It's also OK to kill them in the name of economic progress by allowing cars to drive at speeds which regularly cause death. That's a very bizarre statement, bu
by mikerichards 11y ago
It's also OK to kill them in the name of economic progress by allowing cars to drive at speeds which regularly cause death.
That's a very bizarre statement, but very telling of why you would defend authoritarian regimes.
- DiabloD3 11y agoIt also completely ignores the fact that local and state governments in the US regularly try to reduce speed limits which often leads to higher accident and fatality rates.
- maffydub 11y agoI'm not disputing your comment, but can you provide a citation for this? I did a quick google but the only reference I could find was a report (editorial?) in the Wall Street Journal called "Highways are safe at any speed".
- DiabloD3 11y agoNot off hand, but there's been articles that hit the front page of HN about it.
- DiabloD3 11y agoIt also completely ignores the fact that local and state governments in the US regularly try to reduce speed limits which often leads to higher accident and fatality rates.
- Nutmog 11y agoI'm just exploring other things that we seem to take for granted despite them being terrible. Of course China has that too but it's a huge "unexotic" problem in most countries.