Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds
Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds
Single-vehicle, single-pedestrian crash data for 2016-2021 finds hoods a problem.
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Pedestrian infrastructure is not typically great either
I just biked home and cars were in the bike lane for 90% of it. The plows pulled all the reflectors off the road and now drivers can't tell where the lanes are. Even though that entire lane is the dedicated right turn lane, they go in the bike lane. When we had snow a few days ago, pedestrians were in the road because the snow was plowed into the bike lane and sidewalk. Fuck 99.9% of US and Canadian infrastructure
The main downtown area where I live, that's supposed to be walkable, just has sidewalks vanish halfway down some streets so you end up walking in the street for a few blocks. It's so bad lol
My favorite is the crosswalk with pedestrian waiting areas that have no sidewalks leading up to them... just a well worn path through the grass along the highway.
In the US that is. In many other western countries, pedestrian infrastructure is awesome and advanced. On the other hand, they usually also don't have many of these trucks. Double whammy for US pedestrians.