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U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high (text.npr.org)

submitted 2 years ago by dingus@lemmy.ml to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I edited my post to include a video I highly recommend you watch as it will better explain what I was saying.

Here's one of the comments on the video:

We know someone who's 4 year old child was killed in a crosswalk. They were walking as a family and their daughter was walking just behind the dad. The SUV thought everyone was through the crosswalk and drove right over the child and killed her. She didn't see her. It's absolutely heartbreaking.

[–] azureeight@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Oh wow. One event! Definitely clearly we don't have a road full of people who were teens who halfassed their license in big vehicles they likely should have more license to handle.

But you know. We currently dont have a federal standards for regular class C i am sure we can definitely just get smaller cars made, that'll fix underqualified drivers.

You tell me a story of a driver who doesn't pay attention to the number of people who enter and leave the walkways and the car is the issue?