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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Over the past 40 years, these things have changed:

  • SUVs
  • Phones
  • Floridian development
[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Phones, automatic transmission, so we have a free hand to use the phone, and huge dangerous roads built with no care for pedestrian safety.

It’s no single thing, but a mix of things that feed on each other, and create a terribly dangerous situation. 

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Also, huge truck and SUVs and the demand for them is ever increasing.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Are phones also causing the simultaneous increase in cyclist deaths? Obviously not.

Or is the answer simpler than that - is it the rise of SUVs which don't have to comply with normal vehicle safety standards?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Do you mean pedestrians using phones? My first thought was drivers using phones which I see regularly and would be a risk to both pedestrian and cyclist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Or is the answer simpler than that - is it the rise of SUVs which don't have to comply with normal vehicle safety standards?

The answer the answer is honestly much more complicated than either.

Some is increasing vehicle size and weight that make crashes more deadly to pedestrians. Some is road design that encourage unsafe driving habits, as well as designs that are actively dangerous to pedestrians. Some is new distractions for drivers.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Because the responsibility of self awareness is 100% on the driver not the pedestrian....not to say drivers shouldn't be aware but the amount of folks blindly walking into traffic headphones on looking at their phone is insane.

It's both parties responsibility to make sure they're safe....also don't ever drive and text...then it is your fault.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not excusable to run someone over because they weren't looking.

Drivers are incased in a tonne of steel, they should always be aware of the danger they pose to pedestrians. It's criminal how light drivers are treated when they crash, even when they are fully at fault.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cmon, think about it. There's a reason why cars stop for trains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Victim blaming is widely considered a shit take.