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Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck by mjevans on Monday May 07, 2018 @04:42PM (#17016325)
Imagine how much safer NYC would be if the cars and pedestrians were isolated. A dedicated car layer with an extra lane on each side (at current level) and a new pedestrian layer built above the cars with physical barriers preventing falling to the level beneath.
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Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck by thegranderson on Monday May 07, 2018 @04:54PM (#17016402)
Actually, NYC is very safe compared to most metro areas in the US. On a 2016 ranking, it was the 95th most dangerous metro area out of the 105 ranked.

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/dangerous-by-design/

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Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck by Johnny555 on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:06PM (#17016500)
Another way to increase safety would be to slow down traffic... a lot.

It used to be that cars, trains (and horses) traveled at just over walking pace, pedestrian crossings (and jaywalking) didn't exist, pedestrians crossed the street anywhere.

https://youtu.be/aohXOpKtns0?t=4m4s

Though I guess today's traffic densities wouldn't allow for slowly meandering through traffic.

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Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck by Animats on Monday May 07, 2018 @05:21PM (#17016573)
Final scene, General Motors Futurama, 1939 World's Fair.[1]

[1] https://youtu.be/1cRoaPLvQx0?t=1237

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Re:Uber vehicle reportedly saw but ignored woman it struck by ufmace on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @12:26AM (#17018817)
Maybe, but good luck ever getting that built.
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