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fzeroracer on June 27, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high

Do you ever consider why the problem of rising pedestrian deaths is a US oddity? Or do you simply think that smartphones etc don't exist in Europe?

retrac on June 27, 2023 [–]

Pedestrian deaths have been increasing in many countries. It is not a US-specific phenomenon.

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