The US is outpacing other developed countries with just as much smartphone use. Perhaps their drivers are better or enforcement is stronger, but part of it is probably also that the average mass, hood height and other stats of US cars are exploding far more than in other countries, as we buy more SUVs and pickups
Oh yes, I've definitely seen it. Saw a daytime hit and run (the aftermath) probably caused by distracted driving. Just that the fatality rate of crashes has risen. More mass means more momentum transfer means more people dying, and higher hoods mean much higher risk of internal injury
I really thought Texas was going to be up there in the list because where I live it seems like they hate pedestrians.
I've been on a sidewalk and suddenly it ends with a guardrail taking up the space the sidewalk should have been and my 2 options are to walk on the road where people regularly speed or follow a path under the trees that is clearly unmaintained, I follow the path and it recently rained so now I'm muddy and my upper body was wet from having to shield my face from the tree branches that were still holding the rain water and at the end of the path the sidewalk continues.
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Telstarado@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
The US is outpacing other developed countries with just as much smartphone use. Perhaps their drivers are better or enforcement is stronger, but part of it is probably also that the average mass, hood height and other stats of US cars are exploding far more than in other countries, as we buy more SUVs and pickups
Telstarado@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
dantheclamman@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 3y
Oh yes, I've definitely seen it. Saw a daytime hit and run (the aftermath) probably caused by distracted driving. Just that the fatality rate of crashes has risen. More mass means more momentum transfer means more people dying, and higher hoods mean much higher risk of internal injury
BettyWhiteInHD@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
c2h6@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I don't get that. Why not just do a regular call? Do people actually like seeing a shaky image of the person walking on a random street?
StevenWithaPH@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 3y
But I need muh SUV!
nOvA_NoVa@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
I really thought Texas was going to be up there in the list because where I live it seems like they hate pedestrians.
I've been on a sidewalk and suddenly it ends with a guardrail taking up the space the sidewalk should have been and my 2 options are to walk on the road where people regularly speed or follow a path under the trees that is clearly unmaintained, I follow the path and it recently rained so now I'm muddy and my upper body was wet from having to shield my face from the tree branches that were still holding the rain water and at the end of the path the sidewalk continues.
Entropywins@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Most importantly you're still alive!!!