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I know, the audacity. Soon they'll suggest drivers wear seat belts, and drive at a set speed limit! It's not the drivers fault! It's the tree/cliff/road desig
by 1stop 11y ago
I know, the audacity.
Soon they'll suggest drivers wear seat belts, and drive at a set speed limit!
It's not the drivers fault! It's the tree/cliff/road design's.
Anything else is victim blaming!
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoWhere there's multiple crashes in the same place it often is the road design that's at fault, not the drivers of the cars. One vaguely relevant example is that roundabouts are safer than 4-way crossings for cars, though I think the evidence is a bit more mixed for cyclists.
- 1stop 11y agoAgree. My point was changing driver/cyclist behaviour is not victim blaming, but a valid approach to solving the problem. Road Design, car design, culture, etc are all valid factors as well.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoWell, knowing that roundabouts are safer, if the manufacturer of 4 way stop-lights suggested that cars should be painted brighter colors to prevent crashes, I'd consider that in about as poor taste, and as likely to have a positive impact, as volvo trying to repaint bicycles as a PR pitch.