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You're coupling anecdotes ("where I live"), hypotheticals ("perhaps the solution"), and confounding variables (improved overall vehicle safety isn't just due to

You're coupling anecdotes ("where I live"), hypotheticals ("perhaps the solution"), and confounding variables (improved overall vehicle safety isn't just due to vehicle size). The evidence is clear. Increased pedestrian deaths are largely due to vehicle size. Perhaps the underlying thought is there must be a way to make cars safer for passengers and pedestrians. One demonstrable way to achieve this is better infrastructure [1][2] rather than just building bigger cars. [1] https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safety-fatalities-governors-association https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safet... [2] https://www.strongtowns.org/ https://www.strongtowns.org/

kcplate 3y ago
Edit: added the link What a strange response. You are critical of my comment yet you post links discussing ways to improve infrastructure speaking directly to my point about the best way to avoid fatalities is to mitigate the opportunities for vehicles and pedestrians to come together? The evidence is clear, overall vehicle fatalities are decreasing. If you want to avoid pedestrian fatalities caused by vehicles literally the best way to accomplish this is to minimize the opportunities for pedestrians and vehicles to come together at speeds in which fatalities are likely to occur. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2023-Q2-traffic-fatality-estimates https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2023-Q2-traffic-fatalit...