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> But there's new evidence today that even walking across the street is getting more dangerous. This is such an odd way to phrase it. Walking across the street
by imgabe 10y ago
> But there's new evidence today that even walking across the street is getting more dangerous.
This is such an odd way to phrase it. Walking across the street is not more dangerous. People are acting more reckless. The amount of danger is the same as it has always been, pull your face out of your phone and look at it!
- greeneggs 10y agoAnd when the texting driver runs you over? It is worth considering, but not really worth arguing about, since we don't have the data. This NPR piece is just following the reporter's agenda and not the study. The study does not give any suggestion that pedestrians distracted by their phones are causing the increase. In fact, pedestrian deaths in the top 10 cities decreased in 2016.
- ams6110 10y agoAs a pedestrian: Assume the approaching car won't stop. As a driver: Assume the pedestrian at the corner will step into the road. This is basic common sense and I don't understand why people don't get it. In the story: "It is alarming," says GHSA executive director Jonathan Adkins, "and it's counterintuitive." It's not counterintuitive. It's entirely predictable that people who are not paying attention to their surroundings and not exercising common-sense caution and defensive behavior are going to learn the hard way.