The rise of pedestrian death in the US has largely been attributed to bigger and bigger cars especially hood height. However, as the FT points out, this arguments is more questionable if you pull up other anglosphere countries as the comparison instead
145 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 19 Apr
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99 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko OP 20 Apr
Canadians don't use smartphones?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 20 Apr
What’s weird is that pedestrians are treated worse in latam than in the us ime. Maybe we are relatively unskilled pedestrians.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 20 Apr
Most modern US cities are extremely dangerous for pedestrians. Older cities like Philadelphia, NY, and Boston aren’t as bad. Combine the poor urban design with immigrant drivers that have no experience with car culture, and walking in the urban US is more dangerous than driving.
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75 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 19 Apr
I’d never even heard the theory that larger cars lead to more pedestrian deaths.
If I had to guess I would assume it has more to do with either distracted driving or distracted pedestrians.
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