jaykrown@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days agoUSA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down113
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageUSA smartphone adoption, pedestrian fatalities, and the average weight SUVs/pickupslemmy.worldjaykrown@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squareEgonallanon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·10 days agoMan people in 1980 just fucking hated pedestrians. No phones, light cars and they still mowed people down at a greater rate than the post smartphone peak.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-210 days agoDrunk driving was cool and fun in the 70s
minus-squarejaykrown@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·10 days agoProbably poor infrastructure, people crossing in the middle of the street, fewer strict speed limits, etc.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 days agoAnd probably still poor drunk driving awareness and/or enforcement
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoJust in it for the love of the game
Man people in 1980 just fucking hated pedestrians. No phones, light cars and they still mowed people down at a greater rate than the post smartphone peak.
Drunk driving was cool and fun in the 70s
Probably poor infrastructure, people crossing in the middle of the street, fewer strict speed limits, etc.
And probably still poor drunk driving awareness and/or enforcement
Just in it for the love of the game