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Traffic crashes cost Americans $340 billion a year(www.nhtsa.gov)

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Also, 36,500 people were killed, and 4.5 million people were injured in the USA in 2019.

This report makes the mistake of blaming individuals for not wearing seatbelts and speeding, when a shift in urban design is necessary to mitigate this disaster.

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const_void@lemmy.ml
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bUt HoW wIlL i GeT tO wOrK?!1

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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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withersailor@aussie.zone
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Measuring in money.

The agency’s new report, “The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019,” examines the costs of one year of crashes that killed an estimated 36,500 people, injured 4.5 million, and damaged 23 million vehicles.

36,000 deaths and 4.5 million injured doesn’t cause alarm. And that’s only the human numbers. Wildlife doesn’t count.

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towerful@beehaw.org
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That’s a huge number.
If 10% of that is profit for various companies, that’s a $34 billion industry.
No wonder there is such push back against walkable communities and other such initiatives

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BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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Transportation has always been expensive and dangerous. Take a look at any third world country, the roads there are dangerous af. Well that’s what we used to be too. Historically speaking it’s a recent luxury that we think it should be very safe and nearly free.

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chucker@beehaw.org
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Take a look at any third world country, the roads there are dangerous af.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo

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lntl@lemmy.sdf.org
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I don’t understand your point. Are you saying that recent attempts to make transportation safer for people is futile because travel is inherently dangerous?

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BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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No and I have no idea how you can misconstrue that as what I’ve said.

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lntl@lemmy.sdf.org
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Then enlighten me :)

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hglman@lemmy.ml
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No, it’s not. Relative to the safety of our time, we live in this most dangerous time to travel.

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BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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All forms of transportation used to be more dangerous. Engineering of both roads and cars is better. We have safety everywhere.

Relative to the safety of our time? Does that mean you are comparing it to deaths from disease, war, famine, etc. from the past? While people didn’t travel as much. That’s not what’s being discussed.

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