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gamble on April 10, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Crisis in American Walking

Not mentioned is the fact that something like 2/3 of traffic deaths in the US are pedestrians struck by vehicles. That's around 20,000 people per year.

Auto manufacturers are pretty good at protecting the people inside the car, but we're not so good at protecting pedestrians.

dschleef on April 11, 2012 [–]

5 seconds of Googling indicates that you're making shit up:

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

The second half is, of course, completely correct.

(Edit: please read "making shit up" as "your source is inaccurate")

gamble on April 11, 2012 | [–]

You're right. I did see the two-thirds figure quoted in an article elsewhere, but I'll take the NHTSA's word over theirs.

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