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Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don’t have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than a human driver. I just thought the article was interesting.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    23·
    20 hours ago

    There is an obvious answer here that both the author and the people in this thread are ignoring.

    Driving as a transportation method is a high risk/cost high flexibility/comfort solution.

    Pretty much everyone who has accepted driving as their transportation method understands that it’s not the safest way, so a lot of drivers are always willing to take a little bit more risk to save money or something like that.

    A better question is, why are we so okay with accepting such high risks for transportation. The human mind is terrible at risk assessment so I think it’s just a culture thing that car accidents are a part of life.

    • Billiam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Americans are real good at ignoring issues that don’t affect them personally.

      Oh I won’t wreck my car, I’m a “good driver”!

      I can’t catch Covid because it’s not real!

      School shootings are just false flags the government uses to pass gun control laws!

      Donald Trump only wants to remove the dangerous immigrants, not the ones I hire for my business!

    • atmorous@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      16 hours ago

      We need more people part of the FuckCars, Walk, Bike, & Public Transit online cultures

      Need more outreach to get things happening even more. Also my comment on this post would solve a lot of things by not having to redo outreaching to people

      • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        13 hours ago

        Even better, the equivalent irl cultures. Most cities have groups advocating for better bike and pedestrian infrastructure and better public transit.