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Engineering won't help the >2% suicides! Our overview of the literature indicates that above 2% of the traffic accidents are suicide behaviors. However, the

• Spooky23 1y ago
  You don’t know that unless you study it. Better pedestrian barriers, improved sight lines, or warning technology in cars may reduce certain categories of suicidal acts. My relative was a fire chief in a city with a popular bridge for jumpers and was involved in the response to the overall problem. Changing the sidewalk design, fencing, funneling people to locations with emergency phones and a few other things saved a few dozen people who intended to jump. The whole point of our profession to to look at problems and solve them. Zero is difficult, but you can attack those numbers and make progress.