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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by njharman on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:11PM (#25500842)
Um, the biggest one POLUTION! Including lead poisoning of a couple generations due to leaded gas.

Disastrous foreign Mid East policies to secure oil.

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Re:Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the auto in... by canofbars on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:15PM (#25500888)
There is a credible theory that the use of leaded fuel was responsible for the spike in violent crime that occurred in the same period.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis

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