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75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why (www.thedrive.com)

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[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This came up in a recent post and pissed a lot of people off. To be clear: large vehicles increase the risk of fatality when someone is hit by a vehicle, but the leading CAUSE of accidents is distracted driving and the leading increase in accidents since around that same timeframe has been the increased prevelance of smart phones.

[–] Switorik@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Smart phones is the key word here. We have distracted drivers and pedestrians.