That sounds made up. Maybe if you could provide evidence of an equivalent rise in homelessness. Even then, more homeless doesn’t mean more people are wandering into the street.
Which part sounds made up? The increase in number of people living on the street? The idea that people living on the street are often pedestrians? The idea that an increase in the number of pedestrians will correlate with an increase in the number of pedestrian deaths?
Here’s a surprisingly good analysis of the problem. They concluded increased homeless accounts for roughly 13% of the recent increase in pedestrian deaths.
As I said elsewhere, this isn’t a single problem. It’s almost certainly a multitude of problems. A multitude that all contribute to the same result.
Another problem I pointed out in the very comment you replied to, is that our roads are almost intentionally designed to maximize the killing of pedestrians with motor vehicles.
Don’t forget the rising costs of living, forcing more people onto the street, creating more pedestrian-vehicle collisions generally.
I’m sorry, do you seriously think the rise in pedestrian collisions is attributable to the homeless? And do you think they literally live in the street or something?
I’m sorry I didn’t mention all the people who don’t matter to my point.
But since you’re bias is making assumptions about things I didn’t mention, I usually see half a dozen a week who aren’t obviously living on the street. Once every couple months or so, I even xray a hospital employee who was biking into work when they got hit by a car, or bailed trying to avoid one. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be one of the working homeless.
Don’t forget the rising costs of living, forcing more people onto the street, creating more pedestrian-vehicle collisions generally.
And the widespread prevalence of stroads in the US, which are more or less the most dangerous environment for pedestrians humanity has ever invented.
Stroads are an absolute fucking menace. And way too common.
Exactly! Literally every major street in Albuquerque is a stroad.
It’s insanely dangerous to walk anywhere here.
That sounds made up. Maybe if you could provide evidence of an equivalent rise in homelessness. Even then, more homeless doesn’t mean more people are wandering into the street.
Which part sounds made up? The increase in number of people living on the street? The idea that people living on the street are often pedestrians? The idea that an increase in the number of pedestrians will correlate with an increase in the number of pedestrian deaths?
Here’s a surprisingly good analysis of the problem. They concluded increased homeless accounts for roughly 13% of the recent increase in pedestrian deaths.
As I said elsewhere, this isn’t a single problem. It’s almost certainly a multitude of problems. A multitude that all contribute to the same result.
Another problem I pointed out in the very comment you replied to, is that our roads are almost intentionally designed to maximize the killing of pedestrians with motor vehicles.
I’m sorry, do you seriously think the rise in pedestrian collisions is attributable to the homeless? And do you think they literally live in the street or something?
I’m an xray in a public trauma hospital.
I see at least half a dozen homeless hit by cars every shift.
They don’t set up their tents on the literal street, but they do have to cross it countless times everyday.
Combined with murder machines called stroads. Yah it’s a big part of the problem. One of many parts.
Sounds like confirmation bias and that same old assumption that only poors don’t just drive a car everywhere.
I’m sorry I didn’t mention all the people who don’t matter to my point.
But since you’re bias is making assumptions about things I didn’t mention, I usually see half a dozen a week who aren’t obviously living on the street. Once every couple months or so, I even xray a hospital employee who was biking into work when they got hit by a car, or bailed trying to avoid one. But that doesn’t mean they couldn’t be one of the working homeless.
Thanks for the laugh 😆