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How about 'Fatal car crash renews debate over how many cars are too many'
by dbdoug 3y ago
How about 'Fatal car crash renews debate over how many cars are too many'
- pengaru 3y agoI'm pretty sure it's more an issue of "fatal road rage incident renews debate over how many cars are too many". You won't be doing much in the dangerous velocities department with enough cars clogging everything up.
- adamrezich 3y agono it's more like "man who steals tank and goes on murder spree renews debate over how many motor vehicles are too many." grizzlies are far, far more dangerous than American black and brown bears—lumping them together is nonsensical. bears are bros, grizzlies are murder machines
- FetusP 3y agoAren't grizzlies brown bears?
- gnabgib 3y agoBrown the colour of bear - no (Grizzlies and Black bears can be brown/black/tan/blonde)[0][1]. Brown the (surprisingly poorly named) species (Ursus arctos) - yes[2]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grizzly_bear [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_bear [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_bear
- FetusP 3y agoI feel like the first sentence of the wiki article explains it... >The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies[2] of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
- adamrezich 3y agocolloquially, the distinction is "black and brown bears" (ursus americanus) and "grizzly bears" (ursus arctos horribilis), at least around here. I hadn't heard of "brown bear" referring to a grizzly until this thread. colloquial semantics aside though, my point stands: ursus arctos horribilis are mean mofos, ursus americanus are generally chill bros. they're my favorite animal—my grandfather was a dentist, and his friend and fellow dentist Doc Casey founded Bear Country USA, a drive-through zoo, here in the Black Hills. ursus americanus walk up to and by your cars, chill in ponds and trees, and are generally cool to be around. one of Doc Casey's sons was my godfather, and he lived with his family in a house in the middle of Bear Country, and we'd drive through the park backwards after hours to visit them when I was young. somewhere one of my parents has a VHS tape with an ursus americanus cub playing with my dog. Bear Country used to have grizzlies, in a separate pen with multiple layers of barbed wire and electric fencing, but I think they don't have any anymore because they were too much trouble. whenever you see a funny bear video online, it's an ursus americanus—they're kind of bumbling, funny creatures, until provoked. ursus arctos horribilis are savage killers by comparison.
- FetusP 3y agoI lived in bear country, and still live relatively close and visit all the time. I think it's just generally safe to assume if someone says brown bear, it's a grizzly. Like the old saying doesn't work as well like If it's black, fight back If it's ursus arctos horribilis, lay down If it's white, goodnight.
- adamrezich 3y agofair enough!
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- seydor 3y agobears cannot be built safer
- kykeonaut 3y agoYet
- fouc 3y agoneither can humans be built safer either
- jdjdjdhhd 3y agoSurely cars can and we have seen it over and over
- mattnewton 3y agoCars are safer for their occupants, but never really safer for pedestrians. We’re probably making them less safe for pedestrians with all the additional armor and higher center of mass.
- jdjdjdhhd 3y ago> but never really safer for pedestrians. They can... Automatic breaking is a thing... My car almost had me have an accident while breaking for me (three times)... But it will get better
- mattnewton 3y agoHypothetically they could but it appears we are making them less safe for pedestrians and cyclists - From 2020 > an estimated 38,800 [fatal accidents] that occurred on American streets last year. Pedestrians and cyclists accounted for 8,800 of those fatalities — 23% of the total, up from 6,300 in 2010, when they comprised just 17%. During that period, fatalities for automobile occupants fell https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-12/why-are-cars-still-so-dangerous-to-pedestrians https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-12/why-are-c...
- haunter 3y agoHow is this related to the article at all? It's about the grizzlies not car crashes