Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA
Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA
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Why America Has So Much Road Safety Research, But So Little Actual Safety — Streetsblog USA
Because people don't care, for instance how many people don't wear seatbelts? a lot, 8-10% https://www.iihs.org/topics/seat-belts . See also on youtube "mustang doing mustang things" 😅
Well, the article's thesis is more that transportation/traffic engineers don't care. DoTs are set up to get grants and spend money, with a focus on throughput. Very little thought is put into safety, and most "safety" best practices are confusing, outdated, or poorly thought out.
Old thread is old, but there's also /r/mustangscrashing on "the other site".