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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @11:53PM (#32246682)
NYC is remarkably safe, and it could still be easily safer: 124 pedestrians died after being hit by cars in 2021[1], and 2022 looks like it'll continue the trend. The city has a clearance rate of just 3% for hit-and-runs, despite the extraordinary amount of money we've gifted the NYPD for comprehensive surveillance.

Anecdotally, I see much more petty disregard for traffic laws by cars (including large vans and trucks) than I did before COVID.

[1]: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/last-year-was-deadlies...

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by teakettle42 on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:56AM (#32246981)
124 pedestrians in one of the most walked cities in the world, with a total population of 8.38 million, an additional 2+ million daily work commuters, tourists, and other visitors?

That’s effectively zero.

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:07AM (#32247036)
Yes, it is very low! But it's still 124 unnecessary deaths, and it seems not unreasonable to want it to be lower.
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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by Gigachad on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @12:59AM (#32247000)
That’s just the number that died. The number hit and injured is way higher.
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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:01AM (#32247007)
There is a lot more walking in the street than before COVID. Far more are breaking the usual jaywalking code to at least look for oncoming vehicles.
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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by woodruffw on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:04AM (#32247018)
I don't think this is true. Even if we take somewhere ridiculously tourist-foot-traffic heavy likes Times Square, 2021 was still well below 2018 and 2019[1].

[1]: https://www.timessquarenyc.org/do-business/market-research-d...

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Re:New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:10AM (#32247053)
I definitely have had to deal with it driving in lower Manhattan. Midtown is another ball of wax.
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