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Cars are a lot safer now. People routinely walk away from collisions that would have killed everyone in the vehicle back in 70s. So there is some gain to the
by genghisjahn 1y ago
Cars are a lot safer now. People routinely walk away from collisions that would have killed everyone in the vehicle back in 70s. So there is some gain to the trade off.
- much-to-learn 1y agoNot if you're a pedestrian.
- genghisjahn 1y agoAccording to this, pedestrians were dropping until around 2007, which I believe was the year of the iPhone. One could posit that distracted walking has increased pedestrian fatalities since 2007 and not car size. https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/fatality-statistics/detail/pedestrians https://www.iihs.org/research-areas/fatality-statistics/deta...
- D-Coder 1y ago"Cars are a lot safer now" does not seem related to "40 years ago, it was common to fix your own car" to me.