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0 pointsFirmwarrior2y ago0 comments

Amen to that

If we got a full-scale media blitz with pictures every time someone died in a car crash, people would take unnecessary car-related deaths much more seriously. 100 people a day are dying in the USA right now

There's so much fucked up stuff like that going on in the world, and people have no idea about it since it never hits the news

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jamwil2y ago

I’m not sure basic transportation is unnecessary. Avoiding cars because they can crash is not realistic.

FirmwarriorOP2y ago

Driving with a dangerous combination of speed and distractedness/aggression/lack of skill is unnecessary. People all think they're driving safely even when they're not, because their dumb monkey brains get lulled into a false sense of security by years of coincidentally not crashing.

IMO the status quo is not remotely acceptable, and it's completely insane that we get so disproportionately pissed off whenever an immigrant or a police officer kills someone and completely ignore all the times car drivers kill people.

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