canihasaccount@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoNeurobiology professor hit and killed by a car that did not stop in an intersection. Driver charged with a misdemeanor.abc11.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1397file-text
arrow-up1397external-linkNeurobiology professor hit and killed by a car that did not stop in an intersection. Driver charged with a misdemeanor.abc11.comcanihasaccount@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square26linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoDid the traffic engineer who created an intersection leading to death commit murder or manslaughter? What about further traffic engineers who reuse this exact intersection knowing it leads to death?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf there is a better design, known hazard, there’s an argument for holding the town responsible for not fixing it My town has been doing a great job in the last few years of focusing 🧘♀️ n the most dangerous roads and intersections, and making a real difference
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoMaybe that’s the real problem, accepting it with “shit happens “. There are many things we should be doing to prevent the majority of these senseless deaths. And it only takes holding onto the outrage to get it done.
Did the traffic engineer who created an intersection leading to death commit murder or manslaughter?
What about further traffic engineers who reuse this exact intersection knowing it leads to death?
If there is a better design, known hazard, there’s an argument for holding the town responsible for not fixing it
My town has been doing a great job in the last few years of focusing 🧘♀️ n the most dangerous roads and intersections, and making a real difference
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Maybe that’s the real problem, accepting it with “shit happens “. There are many things we should be doing to prevent the majority of these senseless deaths. And it only takes holding onto the outrage to get it done.
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