Have you…ever been near another person before?
Comment on U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Up 77% Since 2009 & The Auto Industry Knew It Would Happen
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Partly the ridiculous sized vehicles. Partly the fact that nearly every single person driving is watching Netflix, while browsing TikTok, while eating a big Mac and running late cause they have no time management skills. And they are driving 20-30 mph over the speed limit, full of road rage, with no concern for anyone or anything. The only person on the road that matters is them.
uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Zink@programming.dev 4 days ago
American here living in a car-only area.
I didn’t even raise an eyebrow at that previous comment. Sure most drivers are fine, but there are plenty of people who make me wonder what the hell combination of these issues (and others) is going on with them.
The most common example I get to see is the people speeding through the elementary school parking lot in their luxury SUVs. I especially love it when they start a phone call as they start driving, after they just finished standing around, collecting their kid, and walking back to the parking lot.
uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
They said nearly every single person
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Let me introduce you to a figure of speech called hyperbole.
sukhmel@programming.dev 4 days ago
You mean, I wouldn’t care about them if I saw them up close, too?
uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Wat??
sukhmel@programming.dev 4 days ago
Well, I mean, I can’t make sense of what you wrote
Vupware@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Reminds me of Fahrenheit 451 and how the youth drive dangerously because they haven nothing to live for.
Mossheart@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Not to mention poorly aimed LED lights rivaling the lumen output of the fucking sun.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
That just comes standard on pretty much every SUV now. Half the electric vehicles here have a fuckin light bar across the front. It’s insane how much worse visibility is at night outside of towns. Add in more aging drivers and everyone else not even looking at the road and it’s not surprising.