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Number of annual U.S. Pedestrian Fatalties (feddit.uk)
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Cultural changes. More people started preferring bigger vehicles, becoming more aggressive, seeing pedestrians as adversaries, and voting for the far right

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Idk. I remember cars getting crazy big in the early 2000’s. The COMPLAINING when gas went nuts in the mid 2000’s was hilarious.

    You bought an Expedition or Hummer and want to cry for cheap gas? There was an old lady in a newish (no idea how new) Corvette at the gas station complaining about the cost to me. While I was driving a POS 1990 VW Jetta. Amazing

    I’d like to know the real reason the rate is going up though.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    Early 2000s big vehicles are tiny compared to modern SUVs and trucks. I work somewhere with a garage that sees mostly SUVs, and one day someone had brought in a Hummer H2. The classic monstrosity of its time. That thing parked next to a brand new Escalade or Yukon is absolutely dwarfed. Its about the same size as the average modern SUV. But compared to the average size of a 2000s sedan its huge, so people remember it as being bigger than it was

    Up until recently I drove a nice early 2000s passat. That was a family car in its day, but its easily dwarfed by any modern sedan.

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