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Drivers are the leading cause of dead kids. But for some reason we completely ignore it, while focusing on gun violence (which is also bad, to be clear). I rea

Drivers are the leading cause of dead kids. But for some reason we completely ignore it, while focusing on gun violence (which is also bad, to be clear). I really don't know a solution aside from moving to a country that's better designed. The US seems too far gone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_xzyCDT98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul_xzyCDT98

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iso1631 5y ago
https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-death https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-dea... The researchers found that motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of child deaths in the United States, comprising about 20% of all deaths among children in 2016. The chief reason for the crashes was cell phone use by drivers and pedestrians, the researchers found. Firearms were the second leading cause of deaths among children and adolescents in 2016, according to the researchers. Overall, there was a 28% relative increase in the rate of firearm deaths among U.S. children, likely driven by a 32% increase in firearm homicides and a 26% increase in firearm suicides, the researchers said. They found that the odds of a child being killed by a firearm are 36 times higher in the United States than in other high-income countries. About 16 children per 100k die each year in the US https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths#detailed/1/any/false/1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133/any/286,287 https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths... In the UK for comparision it's about 10 per 100k https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/child-mortality/ https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/ch... I'm not convinced the US focuses on either gun violence or deaths from cars
dncornholio 5y ago
Funny thing is, The Netherlands used to have infra that looked more like the US once, but we almost completely rebuild all the infrastructure in our towns and cities during the 80's. It's not too late, it 'just' needs a lot of investment. The biggest problem is US culture around cars and mobility IMO. Better public transport is a nice start.
- CalRobert 5y ago
  Yeah, though the Netherlands started before they had gone _too_ far down the sprawling hellscape path. Even with better infra, it's a rotten situation where you need to go 2 miles from home to buy milk. Hopefully we can let nature reclaim the suburbs and increase density in the cities. Jason Slaughter of NotJustBikes also pointed out that in NL they at least had an entire generation or two of people who remembered a different way of living, without being car dependent. All those people have died out in the US now, and even people in their mid-80's came of age when the US was going whole hog on car dependency. I want better for the US but I'm not optimistic. A new city built of whole cloth (maybe culdesac.com can do it?) might have a chance.

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iso1631 5y ago

https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-death https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/12/21/child-dea... The researchers found that motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of child deaths in the United States, comprising about 20% of all deaths among children in 2016. The chief reason for the crashes was cell phone use by drivers and pedestrians, the researchers found. Firearms were the second leading cause of deaths among children and adolescents in 2016, according to the researchers. Overall, there was a 28% relative increase in the rate of firearm deaths among U.S. children, likely driven by a 32% increase in firearm homicides and a 26% increase in firearm suicides, the researchers said. They found that the odds of a child being killed by a firearm are 36 times higher in the United States than in other high-income countries. About 16 children per 100k die each year in the US https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths#detailed/1/any/false/1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133/any/286,287 https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/22-child-deaths... In the UK for comparision it's about 10 per 100k https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/child-mortality/ https://stateofchildhealth.rcpch.ac.uk/evidence/mortality/ch... I'm not convinced the US focuses on either gun violence or deaths from cars

dncornholio 5y ago

Funny thing is, The Netherlands used to have infra that looked more like the US once, but we almost completely rebuild all the infrastructure in our towns and cities during the 80's. It's not too late, it 'just' needs a lot of investment. The biggest problem is US culture around cars and mobility IMO. Better public transport is a nice start.

CalRobert 5y ago
Yeah, though the Netherlands started before they had gone _too_ far down the sprawling hellscape path. Even with better infra, it's a rotten situation where you need to go 2 miles from home to buy milk. Hopefully we can let nature reclaim the suburbs and increase density in the cities. Jason Slaughter of NotJustBikes also pointed out that in NL they at least had an entire generation or two of people who remembered a different way of living, without being car dependent. All those people have died out in the US now, and even people in their mid-80's came of age when the US was going whole hog on car dependency. I want better for the US but I'm not optimistic. A new city built of whole cloth (maybe culdesac.com can do it?) might have a chance.