U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen
America’s Pedestrian Death Crisis: 77% Rise in a Decade Shows How Car Capitalism Kills Walkers
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Partly the ridiculous sized vehicles. Partly the fact that nearly every single person driving is watching Netflix, while browsing TikTok, while eating a big Mac and running late cause they have no time management skills. And they are driving 20-30 mph over the speed limit, full of road rage, with no concern for anyone or anything. The only person on the road that matters is them.
Not to mention poorly aimed LED lights rivaling the lumen output of the fucking sun.
That just comes standard on pretty much every SUV now. Half the electric vehicles here have a fuckin light bar across the front. It’s insane how much worse visibility is at night outside of towns. Add in more aging drivers and everyone else not even looking at the road and it’s not surprising.
Reminds me of Fahrenheit 451 and how the youth drive dangerously because they haven nothing to live for.
Have you...ever been near another person before?
American here living in a car-only area.
I didn't even raise an eyebrow at that previous comment. Sure most drivers are fine, but there are plenty of people who make me wonder what the hell combination of these issues (and others) is going on with them.
The most common example I get to see is the people speeding through the elementary school parking lot in their luxury SUVs. I especially love it when they start a phone call as they start driving, after they just finished standing around, collecting their kid, and walking back to the parking lot.
They said nearly every single person
I'd say it's 1%
Let me introduce you to a figure of speech called hyperbole.
Familiar, but changing 1% to 99% is no longer hyperbole.
That's exactly what hyperbole is.
Ok bud, go away now
You mean, I wouldn't care about them if I saw them up close, too?
Wat??
Well, I mean, I can't make sense of what you wrote
I can't help you with that
