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Bigger vehicles are heavier; at the same speed as a passenger car, they have more kinetic energy. It is even worse when the victim is lighter, as per the moment
by astrobe_ 4y ago
Bigger vehicles are heavier; at the same speed as a passenger car, they have more kinetic energy. It is even worse when the victim is lighter, as per the momentum conservation principle. The study confirms the physics. What's unexpected is the last line of the abstract.
- austinjp 4y agoThe line in question: "By race, Blacks are also found to be overrepresented as pedestrian and pedalcyclist crash victims."
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- hunter2_ 4y agoI'm trying to figure out if this is due to pedestrian density in urban areas, hate crimes, insurance/injury fraud, less reflected light at night, ...
- ARandumGuy 4y agoIt's probably mostly a poverty issue. Poor people have more difficulty affording a car. This forces them to walk and bike, even in areas where the infrastructure makes it unsafe to do so (areas like this are ubiquitous in US cities). Black people in the US, due to a wide variety of systemic issues, are more likely to be poor. Which means that issues of poverty are more likely to affect black people.