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bears cannot be built safer

by seydor 3y ago

kykeonaut 3y ago
Yet
fouc 3y ago
neither can humans be built safer either
- jdjdjdhhd 3y ago
  Surely cars can and we have seen it over and over
  - mattnewton 3y ago
    Cars 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 ago
        Hypothetically 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...
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vkou 3y ago
The only way to make cars hitting pedestrians safer for pedestrians is making cars slower, which is a non-starter.
- myshpa 3y ago
  1] less cars 2] get cars our of cities (see Amsterdam, for example) 3] smaller cars Smaller cars hit your legs and throw you over the car. SUVs/trucks hit you in the chest, and drag you under the car.
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    Ban pedestrians. Also an realistic and effective option.
    - ethanbond 3y ago
      With terrible externalities, sure.
- tshaddox 3y ago
  There are however ways to make cars hit pedestrians less.
jollofricepeas 3y ago
I too am concerned with the bear problem in America. They flout our laws and they’re always illegally crossing our borders! We need stronger politicians who would construct a wall to keep the bears out.

3 ms·

bears cannot be built safer

by seydor 3y ago

bears cannot be built safer

kykeonaut 3y ago
Yet
fouc 3y ago
neither can humans be built safer either
- jdjdjdhhd 3y ago
  Surely cars can and we have seen it over and over
  - mattnewton 3y ago
    Cars 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 ago
        Hypothetically 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...
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
vkou 3y ago
The only way to make cars hitting pedestrians safer for pedestrians is making cars slower, which is a non-starter.
- myshpa 3y ago
  1] less cars 2] get cars our of cities (see Amsterdam, for example) 3] smaller cars Smaller cars hit your legs and throw you over the car. SUVs/trucks hit you in the chest, and drag you under the car.
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    Ban pedestrians. Also an realistic and effective option.
    - ethanbond 3y ago
      With terrible externalities, sure.
- tshaddox 3y ago
  There are however ways to make cars hit pedestrians less.
jollofricepeas 3y ago
I too am concerned with the bear problem in America. They flout our laws and they’re always illegally crossing our borders! We need stronger politicians who would construct a wall to keep the bears out.