Apparently “opportunity for continued improvement in these highly dynamic social interactions between man and machine” = #Waymo code for "Yep, AI can learn to break the law". Good luck, people wanting to cross the street. This also spikes the ableist "make eye contact" advice. wapo.st/3ZZDifm (gift link)

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Still true a dozen years after I first wrote this: Your "right" to speedy travel doesn't exist. https://bikestylelife.com/2012/08/07/your-right-to-speedy-travel-doesnt-exist/

#SafetyOverSpeed #RoadSafety #CarCulture #DriverNotCar #CrashNotAccident #transportation #VisionZero #TowardZeroDeaths #BikeTooter #WalkTooter #cycling #transit

Time to comment if you care about people not dying on the street. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/nhtsa-proposes-new-vehicle-safety-standard-protect-pedestrians

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Speed limiters on vehicles could save thousands of lives every year. Would you accept one on your vehicle? I would.

https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article288018700.html

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I know how to have a good time on a rainy Sunday: Put on a warm robe, curl up by the fire, and edit an early draft of the state highway safety plan.

Wait, am I doing weekends wrong AGAIN?

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212012224000017?mc_cid=5894ea2368&mc_eid=18a5888267&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Study by Justin Tyndall:
• Combine US pedestrian crash data with physical measurements of vehicle height.

• The effect of front-end vehicle height on pedestrian death probability is estimated.

• A 10 cm increase in front-end height causes a 22% increase in pedestrian fatality risk.

• The survival probability of women, children, and seniors are more strongly affected.
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Prettier streets are safer streets, and the MUTCD update makes them easier. https://wapo.st/3HEm1Q5 (WaPo gift link) by Janette Sadik-Khan and Kate D. Levin.

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