Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

  • Phegan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What if we reduced the size of cars, reduced speed limits and created cities and towns that are safer to walk in

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      11 months ago

      I mean, long term that’s a fantastic solution. Pretty sure this change can be implemented a lot sooner and a LOT cheaper, and save lives tho.

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      11 months ago

      Funfact! Can’t be bothered to look it up but I remember reading that lower speed limits actually make people more prone to speed. In most cases, if speed limit is low, people will try their best to hit it and even slightly go over it. In higher speed limits people tend to actually drive slower than speed limit dictates.

      This does, however, only apply to express ways and similiar, not city’s limits…I mean, people are still gonna try to max their speed but I really don’t think we can put it high enough for this to not apply and be safe anyway.

      Also, how the hell do americans have this problem when their cities spend 2/3 of the day being locked in slow moving traffic? .-.

      • Nugget@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Adjusting a speed limit is not enough, road engineers need to implement actual traffic calming measures to slow people down…

        Fun fact, US pedestrian deaths went up during covid because there were fewer drivers and people could speed more easily.

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          11 months ago

          In my country speeding cams work kinda well. People cry af about them but it’s almost funny seeing traffic suddenly slow down in certain points.

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            11 months ago

            Speed cameras on Brazil have a lot of warnings before the camera is placed, so people slow down before the camera and reduces crashes.

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      11 months ago

      It will help with pedestrian accidents but it will also be terrible for driving since you cannot reduce the distance between cities/commute length

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        11 months ago

        I’d rather commuting take longer if less people die. But that’s just me.

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          11 months ago

          That’s the usual sentiment in social media comments but in reality most people don’t behave this way. We need to live in the real world if we want to change it. Living a delusion and expecting others to support it is not going to help in reality.

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          11 months ago

          I mean until recently more people used to die in car accidents than by gunfire. It was the leading cause for kids. I am not advocating for lack of concern. But making cars less useful it’s not a solution since people still have to commute long distances in some countries. You have to weigh the benefits against the costs. If you believe that pedestrians should always be prioritized then you should be advocating for a complete ban on cars

          • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
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            11 months ago

            If you believe that pedestrians should always be prioritized then you should be advocating for a complete ban on cars

            Welcome aboard, sailor.

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              11 months ago

              Can you even afford a car? I somehow doubt it. you have that typical attitude of wanting to ban the things that are outside your reach.

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                11 months ago

                I could afford buying multiple in cash each year.

                Why would I ever do something so dumb, though?

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        11 months ago

        Good.

        Maybe we’ll start designing our cities and lives for shorter commutes, benefiting ourselves and our environment? Might just be me tho.

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          11 months ago

          Absolutely. ignoring the issue is not going to help. not sure how we can pressure “city designers” (no clue how it actually works) to effect the change.

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            11 months ago

            It’s less city engineers and moreso American/Canadian laws that make it illegal to build objectively better (measurably safer/more efficient/better for peoples’ health & stress/better for the economy/better for individuals’ finances) infrastructure.