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The difference is that the tube driver (assuming there even is one) can't just decide to take a slight turn from the planned route, while the car driver really

by lblume 1y ago

The difference is that the tube driver (assuming there even is one) can't just decide to take a slight turn from the planned route, while the car driver really might.

wouldbecouldbe 1y ago
Yet of all the traffic accidents, the one you describe never happens. So it’s not much difference
- ehnto 1y ago
  Sorry if I misunderstand but you don't think cars come off the road and impact pedestrians? Happens for a myriad of reasons, but it does happen.
- Xylakant 1y ago
  It happens all of the time. Cars veering off the road and maiming pedestrians is a fairly common occurrence. Sorry to cite German sources, but google translate should help you out August 2024: 8 Year old “caught by a car on the pavement” https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/ulm/kind-bei-unfall-getoetet-unfallstelle-trauer-teddy-blaustein-100.html https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/ulm/kind-be... October 2024: A Mother and two children killed by an SUV that “veered off the road” https://www.merkur.de/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/erfasst-fussgaenger-gehweg-mutter-zwei-kinder-sterben-esslingen-baden-wuerttemberg-polizei-auto-zr-93370412.html https://www.merkur.de/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/erfasst... May 2025: 2 Children injured, on their way home from school https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/20-meter-von-schule-entfernt-junge-und-maedchen-9-auf-heimweg-von-auto-angefahren-und-schwer-verletzt_8ffca82e-2f8e-4208-9632-dfd5b1290f48.html https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/20-meter-von-schule-entfe... July 2025: 2 pedestrians injured https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/starnberg/starnberg-auto-fussgaenger-gehweg-li.3279650 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/starnberg/starnberg-aut...
- baubino 1y ago
  It does happen, it happened to me — a driver was distracted (because they were texting while driving) and they veered from the traffic flow and I was hit at 40 mph. The EMS worker who responded to the scene told me two things: 1. They almost never pull people alive from this kind of accident, 2. This kind of head-on, no brakes, distracted driver accident was happening more and more. This was 10 years ago.

by lblume 1y ago

The difference is that the tube driver (assuming there even is one) can't just decide to take a slight turn from the planned route, while the car driver really might.

wouldbecouldbe 1y ago

Yet of all the traffic accidents, the one you describe never happens. So it’s not much difference

ehnto 1y ago
Sorry if I misunderstand but you don't think cars come off the road and impact pedestrians? Happens for a myriad of reasons, but it does happen.
Xylakant 1y ago
It happens all of the time. Cars veering off the road and maiming pedestrians is a fairly common occurrence. Sorry to cite German sources, but google translate should help you out August 2024: 8 Year old “caught by a car on the pavement” https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/ulm/kind-bei-unfall-getoetet-unfallstelle-trauer-teddy-blaustein-100.html https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/ulm/kind-be... October 2024: A Mother and two children killed by an SUV that “veered off the road” https://www.merkur.de/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/erfasst-fussgaenger-gehweg-mutter-zwei-kinder-sterben-esslingen-baden-wuerttemberg-polizei-auto-zr-93370412.html https://www.merkur.de/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/erfasst... May 2025: 2 Children injured, on their way home from school https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/20-meter-von-schule-entfernt-junge-und-maedchen-9-auf-heimweg-von-auto-angefahren-und-schwer-verletzt_8ffca82e-2f8e-4208-9632-dfd5b1290f48.html https://www.focus.de/panorama/welt/20-meter-von-schule-entfe... July 2025: 2 pedestrians injured https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/starnberg/starnberg-auto-fussgaenger-gehweg-li.3279650 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/starnberg/starnberg-aut...
baubino 1y ago
It does happen, it happened to me — a driver was distracted (because they were texting while driving) and they veered from the traffic flow and I was hit at 40 mph. The EMS worker who responded to the scene told me two things: 1. They almost never pull people alive from this kind of accident, 2. This kind of head-on, no brakes, distracted driver accident was happening more and more. This was 10 years ago.