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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by astrange on Monday July 22, 2024 @08:51PM (#41041439)
That's the road design's fault, not his. Japan had a very very high rate of pedestrian accidents back then, they fixed it, and they didn't do it by drinking any less or losing pedestrian right of way.
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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by thrdbndndn on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:25PM (#41041629)
Not that matters, but according to Wikipedia he was killed by a passing car when inspecting an previous incident, presumably on road.

Saying it was "road design's fault" or even implying he was a "pedestrian" in this context is kinda weird without any further explanation.

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Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii by astrange on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:41PM (#41051762)
Nevertheless, what I said still happened. It's part of the reason they have lots of apparently unnecessary crossing guards in places like crosswalks and parking garage exits.
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