<story><title>Why are cars killing more pedestrians?</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/03/collision-course-pedestrian-deaths-rising-driverless-cars</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mft_</author><text>Doesn&amp;#x27;t designing road features that require slower speeds and risk car damage penalise all drivers - even those who would never text when driving?</text></item><item><author>blue_devil</author><text>There is a solution to any problem - good design.&lt;p&gt;Look up &amp;quot;traffic calming measures&amp;quot;. 
I doubt any driver who values their vehicle would text&amp;#x2F;use their phone while going through something like this:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?biw=1525&amp;amp;bih=760&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=1&amp;amp;ei=ieqZXZuxB4TKwQLkqrCwBg&amp;amp;q=london+chicanes&amp;amp;oq=london+chicanes&amp;amp;gs_l=img.3...4554.4554..4914...0.0..0.100.100.0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.IHGPmQFx7mo&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjbmeuX3YflAhUEZVAKHWQVDGYQ4dUDCAc&amp;amp;uact=5#imgrc=_megWAHuQvwcLM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?biw=1525&amp;amp;bih=760&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=1...&lt;/a&gt;:</text></item><item><author>gerbilly</author><text>Texting while driving, that&amp;#x27;s why.&lt;p&gt;From here I sit on the porch, I can see that about 2&amp;#x2F;3 of drivers text while driving.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m convinced that no amount of campaigning, punishment, or scare tactics will suffice to stop it.&lt;p&gt;It is just how driving is done nowadays, and everyone feels they can do it safely (but they can&amp;#x27;t).&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no going back so if you&amp;#x27;re on a bike, or a pedestrian, watch out!&lt;p&gt;Driving is sacred in our societies.  Whenever a driver kills a pedestrian or a cyclist in my town, there aren&amp;#x27;t even any charges laid 99% of the time.&lt;p&gt;Personally I think smartphones have been a net loss to society, for this and many other reasons.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ch4s3</author><text>To look at it another way, it makes the road safer for everyone regardless of the attentiveness and skill of any particular driver. Surely, that&amp;#x27;s a reasonable trade off in areas with a lot of vulnerable pedestrians.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why are cars killing more pedestrians?</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/03/collision-course-pedestrian-deaths-rising-driverless-cars</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mft_</author><text>Doesn&amp;#x27;t designing road features that require slower speeds and risk car damage penalise all drivers - even those who would never text when driving?</text></item><item><author>blue_devil</author><text>There is a solution to any problem - good design.&lt;p&gt;Look up &amp;quot;traffic calming measures&amp;quot;. 
I doubt any driver who values their vehicle would text&amp;#x2F;use their phone while going through something like this:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?biw=1525&amp;amp;bih=760&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=1&amp;amp;ei=ieqZXZuxB4TKwQLkqrCwBg&amp;amp;q=london+chicanes&amp;amp;oq=london+chicanes&amp;amp;gs_l=img.3...4554.4554..4914...0.0..0.100.100.0j1......0....1..gws-wiz-img.IHGPmQFx7mo&amp;amp;ved=0ahUKEwjbmeuX3YflAhUEZVAKHWQVDGYQ4dUDCAc&amp;amp;uact=5#imgrc=_megWAHuQvwcLM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;search?biw=1525&amp;amp;bih=760&amp;amp;tbm=isch&amp;amp;sa=1...&lt;/a&gt;:</text></item><item><author>gerbilly</author><text>Texting while driving, that&amp;#x27;s why.&lt;p&gt;From here I sit on the porch, I can see that about 2&amp;#x2F;3 of drivers text while driving.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m convinced that no amount of campaigning, punishment, or scare tactics will suffice to stop it.&lt;p&gt;It is just how driving is done nowadays, and everyone feels they can do it safely (but they can&amp;#x27;t).&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no going back so if you&amp;#x27;re on a bike, or a pedestrian, watch out!&lt;p&gt;Driving is sacred in our societies.  Whenever a driver kills a pedestrian or a cyclist in my town, there aren&amp;#x27;t even any charges laid 99% of the time.&lt;p&gt;Personally I think smartphones have been a net loss to society, for this and many other reasons.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dancek</author><text>What do you mean by penalising?&lt;p&gt;If a road has a 40km&amp;#x2F;h speed limit, and then road features designed for 40km&amp;#x2F;h are added, what&amp;#x27;s the penalty? The point is to require the driver to focus, which a good driver does anyway.</text></comment>