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> If someone collapses into the street, the driver should be able to stop in time, unless they are going to fast. Even 5 mph is too fast if the collapse is shi
by ballenf 5y ago
> If someone collapses into the street, the driver should be able to stop in time, unless they are going to fast.
Even 5 mph is too fast if the collapse is shielded from view until the last instant.
In other words your statement boils down to "driver can stop unless they can't".
- InitialLastName 5y agoIf the collapse is shielded from view until the last instant, but still possible, there's an engineer somewhere who designed a road irresponsibly.
- kortex 5y agoExactly this. The human-factors-engineering take is that these should be mutually exclusive: - a driver should be able to brake if a person falls suddenly (streets) - a person is isolated from/ is incapable of falling suddenly into oncoming traffic (roads) It's the same reason highways are fenced off, extended to streets and roads. A big part of the problem is America's reliance on stroads: too fast to be hospitable for non-drivers, insufficiently isolated to protect non-drivers. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroad
- dml2135 5y agoIt is extremely unlikely that someone will be killed by a 5 mph collision, and it is certainly less likely than a 30 mph collision.
- nzmsv 5y agoCars are heavy things and can kill you even if they move at 5mph: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/22/anton-yelchin-death-officially-ruled-as-accident https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jun/22/anton-yelchin-d...