Wulsko@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agoYSK that in all developed countries, traffic fatalities have been falling. The only exception is the United States. In the U.S., the opposite happened. People die in rising numberswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down163
arrow-up1729arrow-down1external-linkYSK that in all developed countries, traffic fatalities have been falling. The only exception is the United States. In the U.S., the opposite happened. People die in rising numberswww.nytimes.comWulsko@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-22 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squarefrustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down29·2 days agoYeah but I get to go 90-100 MPH between metro areas in my SUV now that the speed limit is 80-85 max. I fully accept that death might be involved.
minus-squaresniggleboots@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoI’m sure the people you risk killing find your acceptance very noble.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 days agoPathetic compared to a 150+ MPH train. You don’t even fucking realize how much of a backwards, loser country we’re in.
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoI’m going to guess that those highways between metro areas, especially where speeds like that are even feasible (highest speed limit in the US is 85) are so remote and sparsely traveled that that’s not where the deaths are happening.
Yeah but I get to go 90-100 MPH between metro areas in my SUV now that the speed limit is 80-85 max. I fully accept that death might be involved.
I’m sure the people you risk killing find your acceptance very noble.
Pathetic compared to a 150+ MPH train. You don’t even fucking realize how much of a backwards, loser country we’re in.
I’m going to guess that those highways between metro areas, especially where speeds like that are even feasible (highest speed limit in the US is 85) are so remote and sparsely traveled that that’s not where the deaths are happening.