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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
I think if it's too slow then drivers don't pay attention and get distracted more - checking texts, looking around, fiddling with radio, etc.
I also think slower moving vehicles give pedestrians a false sense of security in terms of taking risks.
With more cars having pedestrian detection, and eventually self-driving cars, I'm assuming a lot of these accidents will happening less frequently.
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The best thing for public safety ultimately will be for humans to stop driving and for machines have capability to do it. Humans are abysmal drivers.
The scale of the carnage is immense:
“Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled. More than half of all road traffic deaths occur among young adults ages 15-44.”
Like a 9-11 of preventable deaths every day. Or an airliner crashing every two hours or so.