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If Phones Are Killing Pedestrians, Why Is It Only Happening in America? (www.thedrive.com)
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[โ€“] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Lots of good reasons here on laws and larger vehicles in the US. One thing that seems to be missing:

Wider streets & roads, prevalence of stroads => faster driving speeds => more pedestrian deaths.

A lot of cities in Europe are much safer by design because of narrow streets that force drivers to slow down. Europe also has more real roads as opposed to stroads which are pervasive in the U.S.

[โ€“] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Well european roads are mostly narrower because they were build 600 years ago