There were 3,157 Covid-19 deaths reported Wednesday -- an all-time high for the pandemic -- and health care systems are struggling to support the weight of worsening impacts.
There have been massive improvements in vehicle safety since (as a point of reference) Ralph Nader published "unsafe at any speed." Over the same period we've seen a lot of policies put in place to combat drunk driving specifically.
Cars are bad for all sorts of reasons, and we do rationalize away tons of deaths in all sorts of situations, but overstating the problem does us no favors.
Think of someone who's familiar with MADD, the history of car safety litigation, safety-related recalls, etc. If you tell them "no one gives a fuck about seriously changing this problem," that's not going to land with them. Cars are way safer now than they were in 1970, even if there's a strong argument that we still accept too many vehicle-caused deaths.
In general, "here's what's already been tried and why it doesn't go nearly far enough" is better than "no one even cares about this problem."
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because traveling from place to place at high speed has actual utility and that's why we tolerate car crashes.
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It also makes you sound like a chud downplaying COVID.
yes. yes you can.
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There have been massive improvements in vehicle safety since (as a point of reference) Ralph Nader published "unsafe at any speed." Over the same period we've seen a lot of policies put in place to combat drunk driving specifically.
Cars are bad for all sorts of reasons, and we do rationalize away tons of deaths in all sorts of situations, but overstating the problem does us no favors.
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Think of someone who's familiar with MADD, the history of car safety litigation, safety-related recalls, etc. If you tell them "no one gives a fuck about seriously changing this problem," that's not going to land with them. Cars are way safer now than they were in 1970, even if there's a strong argument that we still accept too many vehicle-caused deaths.
In general, "here's what's already been tried and why it doesn't go nearly far enough" is better than "no one even cares about this problem."
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