Re:Europe is edging towards making post-car cities a reality
by Symbiote on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @03:34AM
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This is news because it's so rare.
My sister's best friend being killed at age 17 walking on a residential road wasn't news. It isn't even rare, it's a leading cause of death for teenagers.
The dead motorbike rider I saw lying in the road didn't make the news. This is so common ambulance staff call bikers "organ doners".
The "accident" (gross negligence, IIRC) when about 15 were killed on the motorway, including one of my dad's colleagues, did make the news.
Railway (and even bus) deaths are orders of magnitude less frequent.
My sister's best friend being killed at age 17 walking on a residential road wasn't news. It isn't even rare, it's a leading cause of death for teenagers.
The dead motorbike rider I saw lying in the road didn't make the news. This is so common ambulance staff call bikers "organ doners".
The "accident" (gross negligence, IIRC) when about 15 were killed on the motorway, including one of my dad's colleagues, did make the news.
Railway (and even bus) deaths are orders of magnitude less frequent.