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> The study, which took blood-test data from 7,279 road users, also found that more than half of injured pedestrians and just over 43% of injured bicyclists had
by jl2718 4y ago
> The study, which took blood-test data from 7,279 road users, also found that more than half of injured pedestrians and just over 43% of injured bicyclists had a drug in their bloodstreams.
Conclusion: Half of America is stoned and/or drunk.
- toss1 4y agoNo. Half of the INJURED people in USA are stoned or drunk. You would need a control group that isn't injured to support your conclusion. But, presumably, that population would have a much lower percentage of stoned/drunk people, in line with loads of existing data showing that operating under the influence is a strong cause of crashes & injuries both statistically, and with a well-established causal chain (impaired perception, impaired cognition, slowed reaction times, etc.)
- foxyv 4y agoA lot of pedestrians and cyclists in America are there because they can no longer drive legally due to DUIs. It's almost a meme here. If you see a 40 year old dude on a $200 Walmart 21 speed, you can almost assume they have a suspended license and their car is in impound for driving without a license.