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> It’s only the perception of risk that changed. The more people travel by car, the worse the experience is for everybody else. For example, as more people d
by david-gpu 3y ago
> It’s only the perception of risk that changed.
The more people travel by car, the worse the experience is for everybody else.
For example, as more people drive their kids to school, fewer people become comfortable letting their own kids walk because the traffic around the school is so much worse. The actual danger, not just the perception of it, has increased. And besides the increased danger, there is also noise, peer pressure, etc.
Without better policies the situation will not improve.
- mattmaroon 3y agoI just don’t think it has anything to do with cars. I think the movie Mystic River did far more to stop people letting their kids travel around unsupervised. If anything, all sorts of traffic deaths are much lower than they were when I was a kid. It’s not cars parents fear, it’s crime