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With pedestrian fatalities mounting, regulators propose tougher vehicle design rules (www.npr.org)

submitted 2 months ago by ricecooker@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

For the number of times I've almost been run over by bicyclists who can't be bothered to stop or even slow down for red lights when peds have the walk signal -- yeah I don't think so. There are definitely times when drivers are at fault because they're too busy playing on their cell phones or some other distraction, and those people need to be spending more time in jail. But there are also times when pedestrians are at fault. In many cases there is a serious lack of personal responsibility, people who expect everyone else to get out of their way rather than just using their brain. Those are the people I have no sympathy for. But whatever, if you think you can stop a moving car in 20 feet when someone walks out from behind a fence, more power to you.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

people who expect everyone else to get out of their way rather than just using their brain.

sounds like you might be describing yourself here

[–] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 0 points 2 months ago

You do realize that you're making the false equivalency of a crowd of people walking across the street during a red light and active walk signal to someone blindly walking out in traffic? Are you also going to argue that people walking on a sidewalk in the middle of the block weren't using their brains when a car drives into them?