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Re:US Pedestrian Death Rate Increased 9x Faster Than Populat... by rob74 on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @05:15AM (#34980693)
Yup... while the trend of increasing pedestrian death rates is worrying and should definitely be addressed, the blog is not doing itself a favor by trying to make the numbers look worse than they already are. An 18% increase from 2019 to 2022 should already be enough to convince anyone that something has to be done about it.
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Re:US Pedestrian Death Rate Increased 9x Faster Than Populat... by contravariant on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @09:32AM (#34982799)
A 18% increase combined with a high number of cases.

Otherwise you get silly things like their claim that New Hampshire has seen a whopping 150% increase in pedestrian deaths from 2021 to 2022.

They went from 2 to 5.

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