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Have kids and use a stroller? Old and use a walker? Blind and use a cane? Walk and don't look where you put your feet? Slip and fall are a major cause of death
by batmansmk 8y ago
Have kids and use a stroller? Old and use a walker? Blind and use a cane? Walk and don't look where you put your feet?
Slip and fall are a major cause of death, only second in accidental deaths after motor vehicles. It brings 8M americans to the emergency room every year. In San Francisco, a whole department has been created only to litigate Slips and Falls.
So yes, I'm glad the city prevented my grandmother from tripping on such a thing.
- s17n 8y agoUpdated my comment: what I'm saying is that there isn't actually any cluttering, not that cluttering is OK.
- darawk 8y agoGoing to need a source on that 8 million Americans per year going to the emergency room for a fall. That sounds absurdly high. The US population is only about 300 million. That means more ~2.5% of all people each year go to the emergency room because they fell down.
- jon_richards 8y agoI'm also guessing the vast majority of those falls are inside (probably inside the person's own home). There's a reason companies like lifealert exist.
- dexwiz 8y agoOver 10% of the US population is over 70. Falls are serious incidents for the elderly.
- dzhiurgis 8y agoWhats the median age in downtown San Francisco tho?
- almost_usual 8y agoIf you want to avoid strict regulations move to a red state and go cowboy on your scooter. San Francisco is a conservative place when it comes to the community.
- dzhiurgis 8y agoBay area have one of the healthiest people in the world. It’s an insult they can’t step over or move a 10 pound scooter.
- cujo 8y agohttps://nfsi.org/nfsi-research/quick-facts/ https://nfsi.org/nfsi-research/quick-facts/ - the 8 million # https://www.ncoa.org/news/resources-for-reporters/get-the-facts/falls-prevention-facts/ https://www.ncoa.org/news/resources-for-reporters/get-the-fa... - quotes almost 3 million older adults per year.
- mosdave 8y agoI'm guessing you don't know many people over the age of 65.
- stickfigure 8y agoI have a kid and don't use a stroller - in fact, strollers are kinda one of my pet peeves. They consume tons of space on sidewalks and in restaurants. I'd much rather have sidewalks full of parked scooters that I might at least occasionally use. But you know what? I'm pretty tolerant, and I'm willing to put up with a little mild inconvenience that allows other people to make their lives significantly easier. I wish everyone else felt likewise.
- almost_usual 8y agoStrollers don’t typically move 15mph and have 100+ lb people riding in them.
- subcosmos 8y agoyet! ...
- stickfigure 8y agoElectric scooters also don't typically move at 15mph, at least not on the sidewalks. Despite the occasional jerk (which also happens with bicycles and for that matter runners), this is not a real problem.
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