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Did you just float "won't someone think of the children?"

by skeeter2020 2y ago

lotsofpulp 2y ago
Why wouldn’t I think of children? Isn’t one of the most common ruminations of modern society that children cannot roam freely due to excess risk of being hurt or killed by a distracted driver? https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/these-vehicles-may-pose-the-most-danger-to-pedestrians-112723.html https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/these-vehicles-may-pose... >IIHS says pedestrian crash deaths have risen 80% since hitting their low in 2009. The statistics show that 2021 was almost as deadly to people on foot as last year. Nearly 7,400 walkers — more than 20 people a day — lost their lives in 2021 after being struck by a vehicle. Airline pilots get recorded, why shouldn’t drivers?
- BalinKing 2y ago
  > Airline pilots get recorded, why shouldn’t drivers? AFAIK, general aviation pilots are not recorded. Black boxes are only a thing in commercial aviation, so a more appropriate analogy would be the recording of bus or semi-truck drivers.
  - lotsofpulp 2y ago
    There is far less moral hazard as a general aviation pilot because death/grave injury is far more likely in an airplane collision, whereas a personal vehicle driver is relatively safe, especially in vehicles most dangerous to others Regardless, what is and is not required of all pilots is beside the point. The point is society implements a safety/accountability measure to prevent x rate of injuries/deaths…but society does not implement the same safety/accountability measure to prevent y rate of injuries/deaths where y is far greater than x. The discrepancy is because it is politically unpopular to hold the people causing the larger rate of injury accountable (voters who drive personal cars), whereas it is politically popular to hold the people causing a smaller rate of injury accountable (commercial pilots).
- WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
  >> "won't someone think of the children?" > Why wouldn’t I think of children? The g-parent describes a narrative that is designed to seed an untrue notion that no one is thinking of the children.

Did you just float "won't someone think of the children?"

Why wouldn’t I think of children? Isn’t one of the most common ruminations of modern society that children cannot roam freely due to excess risk of being hurt or killed by a distracted driver? https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/these-vehicles-may-pose-the-most-danger-to-pedestrians-112723.html https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/these-vehicles-may-pose... >IIHS says pedestrian crash deaths have risen 80% since hitting their low in 2009. The statistics show that 2021 was almost as deadly to people on foot as last year. Nearly 7,400 walkers — more than 20 people a day — lost their lives in 2021 after being struck by a vehicle. Airline pilots get recorded, why shouldn’t drivers?

BalinKing 2y ago
> Airline pilots get recorded, why shouldn’t drivers? AFAIK, general aviation pilots are not recorded. Black boxes are only a thing in commercial aviation, so a more appropriate analogy would be the recording of bus or semi-truck drivers.
- lotsofpulp 2y ago
  There is far less moral hazard as a general aviation pilot because death/grave injury is far more likely in an airplane collision, whereas a personal vehicle driver is relatively safe, especially in vehicles most dangerous to others Regardless, what is and is not required of all pilots is beside the point. The point is society implements a safety/accountability measure to prevent x rate of injuries/deaths…but society does not implement the same safety/accountability measure to prevent y rate of injuries/deaths where y is far greater than x. The discrepancy is because it is politically unpopular to hold the people causing the larger rate of injury accountable (voters who drive personal cars), whereas it is politically popular to hold the people causing a smaller rate of injury accountable (commercial pilots).
WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
>> "won't someone think of the children?" > Why wouldn’t I think of children? The g-parent describes a narrative that is designed to seed an untrue notion that no one is thinking of the children.