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Safer cars how? Cars are just as safe in NA where we rack up the pedestrian deaths.

The two ton vehicle slamming into a pedestrian at medium speeds will probably kill them.

The only way to solve this problem is to lower speeds or remove the car from the road.




Cars are less safe in North America, since they're very often SUVs, trucks etc. Those have terrible results for the pedestrian in a collision.

A typical European car hitting a pedestrian at 30mph is 80% survivable.

(This road safety video is 14 years old now, and since then some places in the UK have managed to introduce 20mph limits, which are even better.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvja-PA5Egc


Safer for pedestrians, not for the drivers.


Safer for pedestrians and other drivers, I presume?




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