Squashme wrote:
On Aug 16, 6:18 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote:
http://road.cc/content/news/63414-la...-another-sharp...

I wonder what explains this rise in pedestrian deaths?

There were 453 pedestrian deaths in 2011, 12% more than in 2010.
Seriously injured pedestrian casualties also increased - by 5% to
5,454. (DfT)

Assuming that cyclists, when they weren't being killed themselves,
killed c.2 of these pedestrians, then just maybe motorists killed the
remaining 451 pedestrians. So, if the number killed has risen, could a
smidgen of blame attach to motorists, at all, do you think?

Or have the numbers of pedestrians increased, maybe? Are they
approaching critical mass?

Or maybe there are a lot of new, inexperienced pedestrians now?
Perhaps, as a result of the recession (I blame that Gordon Brown you
know) there are a large number of people giving up their cars and
trying to walk, and they are perhaps over-confident, maybe a bit
embarassed, and not very good at it. After all many people regard
walking as only fit for children and not a legitimate mode of
transport. As Mrs Thatcher said:- "Any man who finds himself on foot
over the age of 30 can consider himself a failure in life."

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Debi: You're a psychopath.
Marty: No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for *money*.
It's a *job*. That didn't come out right.

it would be interesting to know the ethnicity/length of residency, esp. of
the peds.