Yes, cars have become much safer for the occupants. Also, far, far fewer people (especially kids) are walking and biking, so drivers have fewer chances to kill

Yes, cars have become much safer for the occupants. Also, far, far fewer people (especially kids) are walking and biking, so drivers have fewer chances to kill them. It's remarkable that pedestrian fatalities have gone up dramatically - now at the highest levels since the 1980's - _despite_ far, far fewer people walking to get around. For instance https://walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Final_WBTSresearch_2021.pdf https://walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Fina... """ ▪ In 1969, 48 percent of students in grades K through eight (ages 5 through 14) walked or bicycled to school.1 ▪ In 2009, only 13 percent of students in grades K through eight walked or bicycled to school. """