NYC traffic deaths hit record low in first half of 2025

https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-traffic-deaths-hit-record-low-in-first-half-of-2025/

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Serinus@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I guess that congestion pricing is working.

Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Absolutely nowhere in the article was that mentioned or credited to the decreases. Road design, police/camera enforcement, and ebike/scooter speed caps were.

NarrativeBear@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Because cars don't cause deaths, it's the pedestrians jumping infront of my car that do. /s

Edit: Has everyone been missing the satire in this point?

joelectron@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I think people get that it's sarcasm, but it's still horrible enough to warrant a down vote anyway.

Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

There’s joke sarcasm and then there’s asshole sarcasm. Yours reads as the latter.