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A comment on Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver trafic deaths in 2019. Parent comment

Re:Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver... by kqr on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:42PM (#21940745)
> Hitting a pedestrian or cyclist is almost always deemed an accident, with no fault assigned (or, if fault is assigned, a $200 fine is the result, not loss of driving privilege).

This is common also in Sweden, but parallel green still generally works well. So enforcement cannot be the only explanation.

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Re:Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver... by alistairSH on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:27PM (#21941119)
Two other things come to mind... - culturally, people in the US just don't walk for transport (outside NYC and a few other places). So, when they get in cars, they don't think to look for pedestrians or cyclists.

- the roads are more car-centric than European cities and suburbs. Crossings are poorly timed, poorly lighted, too wide, in the wrong places, etc.

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