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I would like to let my kids play in the street in front of our house, but drivers kill kids who do that.

nwellinghoff 2y ago
Do they? Really? Numbers? Stats? Grew up playing in the street. As I recall the adults where more afraid of us than we were of them. Somehow we all survived…adults included.
- stogot 2y ago
  It depends on the street. My childhood street was safe, but where I live the delivery drivers barely even brake downhill. It’s unsafe
- astura 2y ago
  Pedestrian deaths are at a 40 year high. https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safety-fatalities-governors-association https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safet...
  - CalRobert 2y ago
    Which is even more worrying considering that this happens as far fewer people walk to school. 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. In 2017, only 11 percent of students in grades K through eight walked or bicycled to school. In 1969, 89 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within one mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school. In 2009, only 35 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within a mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school even once a week """
  - newzisforsukas 2y ago
    The reasons seem to be more complicated than that article (and the common narrative) suggests This page has a more clear statistical picture, though no interpretation. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedestrians https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedes...
- CalRobert 2y ago
  A pool full of sharks won't have many drownings, either. Also, you all survived, but dead kids aren't able to represent themselves in this conversation.

Do they? Really? Numbers? Stats? Grew up playing in the street. As I recall the adults where more afraid of us than we were of them. Somehow we all survived…adults included.

stogot 2y ago
It depends on the street. My childhood street was safe, but where I live the delivery drivers barely even brake downhill. It’s unsafe
astura 2y ago
Pedestrian deaths are at a 40 year high. https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safety-fatalities-governors-association https://www.vox.com/23784549/pedestrian-deaths-traffic-safet...
- CalRobert 2y ago
  Which is even more worrying considering that this happens as far fewer people walk to school. 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. In 2017, only 11 percent of students in grades K through eight walked or bicycled to school. In 1969, 89 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within one mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school. In 2009, only 35 percent of students in grades K through eight who lived within a mile of school usually walked or bicycled to school even once a week """
- newzisforsukas 2y ago
  The reasons seem to be more complicated than that article (and the common narrative) suggests This page has a more clear statistical picture, though no interpretation. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedestrians https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/pedes...
CalRobert 2y ago
A pool full of sharks won't have many drownings, either. Also, you all survived, but dead kids aren't able to represent themselves in this conversation.