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Case in point: the number of cyclists killed in Berlin traffic 2016 was higher than the number of people killed by terrorist attacks. Providing safe traffic inf
by Xylakant 9y ago
Case in point: the number of cyclists killed in Berlin traffic 2016 was higher than the number of people killed by terrorist attacks. Providing safe traffic infrastructure may have a better ROI than all the anti-terror measures. It's just that we have accepted traffic deaths as inevitable and they happen one by one and terror attacks are one big event that people think is somehow magically preventable. (In truth, the 2016 attack would have been preventable had autorities arrested the attack instead of stopping the existing surveillance, but most traffic death would be preventable as well)
- maxerickson 9y agoTraffic deaths are not entirely accepted. There is a constant trajectory of better infrastructure and more safety systems in vehicles. Of course we are still accepting traffic deaths at some level, but there is a lot of effort and resources devoted to reducing them over time. It's just expensive and disruptive.