Current Events > U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high

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MabinogiFan posted...

We need teleportation chambers like Star Trek.

Doesn't that just kill you and replace you with an exact copy?

I4NRulez posted...

Ban cars

This would never happen if all peds carried guns.

Foppe posted...

This would never happen if all peds carried guns.

The best way to stop a bad guy with a car is a good guy with a car.

Avirosb posted...

Illegalize driving for the sake of driving.

The hell does that mean?

Without reading much, I feel like the #1 cause has to be how huge cars are today. Cars are a billion times safer for the occupants than 1981, and while I feel like they should be a little safer for pedestrians, the overall size now cancels any benefit out. There are some trucks on the road regular people(not construction, hauling, etc) drive that are so tall I doubt you'd even be able to see a person in such a place where you have a green light but must yield to peds in crosswalk when turning.

It blows my mind how little drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists give a fuck about other cars. They're so selfish/oblivious that they have zero self-preservation.

I remember watching someone blatantly blow a red light and being shocked, now it's a weekly occurrence.

Part of it's distracted driving but a large part is people not caring. I've seen so many drivers ignore not just a red light but a lit X walk to make turn on red.

We have a growing population and more and more cars on the road by the day. Of course its gonna go up.

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SHRlKE posted...

We have a growing population and more and more cars on the road by the day. Of course its gonna go up.

This would be an argument if not for the fact that, for a while, it was going down. The rising numbers started around 2010 according to the article. It hasn't been this high since 1981.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

This would be an argument if not for the fact that, for a while, it was going down. The rising numbers started around 2010 according to the article. It hasn't been this high since 1981.

Yeah youre right. I saw that and was just going to comment but you got there first.

I wonder what happened in 2010? Id be surprised if there wasnt a reason for why they suddenly started going up year on year. Maybe they changed how they calculated the stats? But that might just me being optimistic.

Just seen this: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/pedestrian-deaths-2022.html

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SHRlKE posted...

I wonder what happened in 2010?

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-10-elite-smartphones-of-2010-195270/

SHRlKE posted...

I wonder what happened in 2010?

You mean a prime year smartphones became mainstream? Beats me.

Smartphones arrived in Europe, too, and their pedestrian deaths continued to go down

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-03/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far-behind-other-countries

Thewinner14 posted...

I remember watching someone blatantly blow a red light and being shocked, now it's a weekly occurrence.

Part of it's distracted driving but a large part is people not caring. I've seen so many drivers ignore not just a red light but a lit X walk to make turn on red.

There's so much fuck shit on the roads now. SO MUCH. Blowing reds just cause, going straight in left turn only lanes, swerving your big ass SUV from the fast lane to the off ramp, just so fucking much.
So many people just think the rules should not apply to them sometimes because they think they're more important than that.
I just lost a friend like two weeks ago because these guys in a work van wanted to overtake a semi in a two lane and hit him in a head on collision. It's so fucked up. And people wonder why I don't wanna go anywhere.

Priere posted...

One issue i see A LOT is people walking in the street at night.

I'd get the shit slapped out of me if I did that as a kid. Philly drivers did not care about pedestrians. It's weird to me now, living where I am, and people just cross into traffic not paying attention at all. They just expect the two ton death machines traveling at 40mph or higher to stop for them.

Saturday I watched someone turn the wrong way out of a gas station. Instead of stopping and reversing back into the parking lot and going the right way, they were like "oh the intersection isn't too far away" and continued until they could go the way they wanted. They drove around two cars blaring their horns

Intro2Logic posted...

Smartphones arrived in Europe, too, and their pedestrian deaths continued to go down

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-11-03/why-us-traffic-safety-fell-so-far-behind-other-countries

2010 is also right about the time crossovers and smaller SUVs gained critical mass
https://money.cnn.com/2010/08/23/autos/suv_dead_crossover.fortune/index.htm

hockeybub89 posted...

Saturday I watched someone turn the wrong way out of a gas station. Instead of stopping and reversing back into the parking lot and going the right way, they were like "oh the intersection isn't too far away" and continued until they could go the way they wanted. They drove around two cars blaring their horns

Ive seen that shit so much the last couple years, blows my mind. Theyll go like an entire block.

I have seen a lot of right turns from left turn lane and cars in a four lane road with left turn lane in between use either the left turn lane or the oncoming lane to pass. 70-80 in a 45.

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Only if jaywalking is a mitigating factor.

Reminder for anyone who forgot: Blipping your turn signal when you're halfway through your line change is FUCKING USELESS. So is turning it on and off depending on whether a car is in the lane you want to change to.

Terminal levels of carbrain in this topic.

This is a direct result of U.S car-centric infrastructure and the fact that most people nowadays are driving around fatass SUVs/pickup trucks that have poor visibility from the front and are more deadly to pedestrians. While yes, there are some "evil jaywalkers" not paying attention to their surroundings, the only way this trend can be reversed is to impose restrictions on the designs of large cars/pickup trucks, and design our living spaces around alternatives to driving.

Lobinde posted...

Terminal levels of carbrain in this topic.

This is a direct result of U.S car-centric infrastructure and the fact that most people nowadays are driving around fatass SUVs/pickup trucks that have poor visibility from the front and are more deadly to pedestrians. While yes, there are some "evil jaywalkers" not paying attention to their surroundings, the only way this trend can be reversed is to impose restrictions on the designs of large cars/pickup trucks, and design our living spaces around alternatives to driving.

it's "car-centric" because it's big as fuck and spread out. What Europe does with public transportation is great but a lot of their cities were built before cars even existed. It's just not feasible in the US to have public transportation easily accessible to everyone, which means the majority of people need a car to go anywhere outside their own town/city, or to certain specific places. The town I grew up in had a train station, sure, but no buses or cabs so unless you have a car you're walking to the station or calling a taxi service that charges you $20 just to drive there. and also 90% of the roads had no sidewalk so have fun walking!

It has nothing to do with vehicle size, it has to do with people not paying attention while driving and people illegally crossing the roads.

We just had another here in Sacramento.

https://fox40.com/news/local-news/pedestrian-fatally-struck-on-interstate-5/

thronedfire2 posted...

The town I grew up in had a train station, sure, but no buses or cabs so unless you have a car you're walking to the station or calling a taxi service that charges you $20 just to drive there. and also 90% of the roads had no sidewalk so have fun walking!

You can build sidewalks and establish bus service. These are choices. In many American cities, viable transit options (streetcars, trolleys, so forth) were removed to make way for cars.

thronedfire2 posted...

it's "car-centric" because it's big as fuck and spread out. What Europe does with public transportation is great but a lot of their cities were built before cars even existed. It's just not feasible in the US to have public transportation easily accessible to everyone, which means the majority of people need a car to go anywhere outside their own town/city, or to certain specific places. The town I grew up in had a train station, sure, but no buses or cabs so unless you have a car you're walking to the station or calling a taxi service that charges you $20 just to drive there. and also 90% of the roads had no sidewalk so have fun walking!

Despite the size of the country, most people don't drive their cars to other states, they drive their cars within urban areas. American cities were also built for pedestrians and public transport, but they were destroyed in the mid 20th century to make room for more roads and parking lots. Bus, pedestrian and bike infrastructure can still be rebuilt if the government chooses to.

Questionmarktarius posted...

The hell does that mean?

I means you better have a reason as well as a destination.
Not just driving around aimlessly blasting annoying music.
Thought that was obvious.

Every state needs an absolutely draconian law when it comes to holding a phone and driving. Like $1500 if caught.

Monolith1676 posted...

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Kimberly posted...

I'd get the shit slapped out of me if I did that as a kid. Philly drivers did not care about pedestrians. It's weird to me now, living where I am, and people just cross into traffic not paying attention at all. They just expect the two ton death machines traveling at 40mph or higher to stop for them.

Im pretty sure Phillys the only city in the US that actually has a Wait For Green sign. -Somecallmejohnny

I was expecting to see somebody get hit last week. The positive thing is they were moving with the flow of traffic. The negatives are rollerblading backwards, headphones in, head down looking at their phone on a road with oversized sidewalks designed for bike traffic they didn't want to use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo

Questionmarktarius posted...

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Unfortunately the people who are crossing don't care.

Sephiroth_C_Ryu posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo

What's that kid doing right in the middle of the street?

Stay out the fuckin road!

Questionmarktarius posted...

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Stuff like this is why I have no sympathy for people who slip on wet floors when theres a caution wet floor sign clearly in place.

Yes, OHS is important. Yes, holding businesses accountable is important. But accepting the consequences of violating common sense are just as important.

Dark_Arbron posted...

Stuff like this is why I have no sympathy for people who slip on wet floors when theres a caution wet floor sign clearly in place.

Yes, OHS is important. Yes, holding businesses accountable is important. But accepting the consequences of violating common sense are just as important.

You know whats worse than a wet floor sign? Two wet floor signs, because think they are like goalposts and insist on walking right between them. Almost as bad as the mother who was threatening to sue our movie theatre because her kid got burned. How? He shimmied behind a candy rack, reached under the plastic covering, and put his hand on the hot dog rollers.

loafy013 posted...

You know whats worse than a wet floor sign? Two wet floor signs, because think they are like goalposts and insist on walking right between them.

well, shit.