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Tiktaalik | karma 6793 | avg karma 3.34 · 2020-01-02 16:51:41+00:00

Safer cars how? Cars are just as safe in NA where we rack up the pedestrian deaths.

The two ton vehicle slamming into a pedestrian at medium speeds will probably kill them.

The only way to solve this problem is to lower speeds or remove the car from the road.

Symbiote | karma 17180 | avg karma 2.4 · 2020-01-02 17:43:41+00:00

Cars are less safe in North America, since they're very often SUVs, trucks etc. Those have terrible results for the pedestrian in a collision.

A typical European car hitting a pedestrian at 30mph is 80% survivable.

(This road safety video is 14 years old now, and since then some places in the UK have managed to introduce 20mph limits, which are even better.)

jessant | karma None | avg karma None · 2020-01-02 18:45:05+00:00

Safer for pedestrians, not for the drivers.

Vinnl | karma 21122 | avg karma 4.69 · 2020-01-03 12:46:35+00:00

Safer for pedestrians and other drivers, I presume?