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@scott I want to push back on the framing here: I'm saying there isn't any issue that can be identified as *the* issue.
I hold both that bigger vehicles are more dangerous and that people are getting more distracted in my head at the same time.
Another reason I'm hesitant to call vehicle size *the* issue is that truck and SUV sales have been exploding since the '90s, and the reversal in death trends is newer than that.
@TechConnectify @scott Alec: please assure me that you aren't looking for the correlation to match your expected causation..
@burne @scott I can assure you that I'm not - I'm just skeptical that distracted driving isn't a big part of the issue, particularly in the US with basically zero enforcement of laws (if they're even on the books) and its "driving is a right" culture.
Someone else said we only revoke driving privileges if you prove to be extremely bad - we give them out to anyone. Safety culture isn't exactly universal here
@TechConnectify @scott A big difference between your country and my country is the way we approach design of roads. Here is a video explaining how crossings over here are designed: https://youtu.be/XpQMgbDJPok We have similar absent enforcement, but we keep the vulnerable traffic participants separated from cars as much as possible. If you don't cross paths you can't collide.