vanes@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL the number of pedestrians killed by drivers in the U.S. rose by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down16
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-linkTIL the number of pedestrians killed by drivers in the U.S. rose by 70 percent between 2010 and 2023www.washingtonpost.comvanes@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down7·8 months agoThe share of pedestrians increased over that period, which may have had something to do with it. I suspect cell phone use while driving makes up a large part as well.
minus-squareCheems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoI live in a small town and when I’m walking around it seems as though half of the vehicles that drive by are in their phones
minus-squarepressanykeynow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoHow is that legal in the US?
minus-squareklay1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIf you walk into the knife, someone is running around with, then its your fault?
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt’s more like walking on train tracks and being surprised when you are hit by a train.
minus-squareklay1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agono, it isn’t. You are not supposed to walk on train tracks and there are no train tracks next to every house.
The share of pedestrians increased over that period, which may have had something to do with it. I suspect cell phone use while driving makes up a large part as well.
I live in a small town and when I’m walking around it seems as though half of the vehicles that drive by are in their phones
How is that legal in the US?
If you walk into the knife, someone is running around with, then its your fault?
It’s more like walking on train tracks and being surprised when you are hit by a train.
no, it isn’t. You are not supposed to walk on train tracks and there are no train tracks next to every house.