wordsmith217 t1_ixyu2a5 wrote
Society isn’t breaking down, DC government just sucks so badly and refuses to do anything about it.
stormcloudbros t1_ixywfgd wrote
This isn’t just occurring in dc though.
BrightThru2014 t1_ixz3eq8 wrote
It’s occurring in places which have similar governance to DC…
stormcloudbros t1_ixz5alm wrote
Sadly most US cities focus on driver convenience over pedestrian safety.
GEV46 t1_ixz6soa wrote
My hometown has 700 people in it. People are constantly complaining about cars speeding down streets and blowing stop signs. Suffice to say, the governance is very different than DC.
BrightThru2014 t1_ixzb3ro wrote
Does your hometown have anything nearing the resources DC has to fix this situation? Does it have a stated commitment to making streets safer? At least the local government is probably honest about what they stand for.
dcmcg t1_iy3mv18 wrote
Please provide a single piece of evidence to support this.
Jacksonville is run entirely by Republicans, and traffic deaths are up massively:
According to the report, there were 207 fatal car accident in Jacksonville, including 50 pedestrians and 47 motorcycle crash victims in 2021...Compare that to 166 fatal crashes in 2019 and 143 in 2018.
Sorry to let facts get in the way of your narrative.
BrightThru2014 t1_iy3rwu8 wrote
Huh, I'm pretty sure it's a well-established fact that Democrat-run cities/counties have higher crime rates due to more lax police enforcement:
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/the-blue-city-murder-problem
https://mobile.twitter.com/yukatapangolin/status/1582924821759135750
dcmcg t1_iy4c558 wrote
So again, no evidence here that increases in traffic deaths are only occurring in Democratic constituencies.
It's also not a "well-established fact" and the two "sources" you provided don't even come close to estabishing that.
wordsmith217 t1_ixyws0s wrote
Welcome to living in cities. Lots of people (many of them reckless drivers) + lots of cars = incidents.
invalidmail2000 t1_ixyy301 wrote
There are tons of safe cities in the world for pedestrians, numbers of people alone do not explain this.
wordsmith217 t1_ixyzs9w wrote
Again, this further supports my claim that DC government is failing to address this issue. It can be fixed, they just refuse to do so. Incidents still happen in cities everywhere. Measures can be taken to mitigate them, however.
stormcloudbros t1_ixywxhi wrote
Wait so is it the dc government or cities that are the problem?
wordsmith217 t1_ixyx5i7 wrote
Both can be at fault. Cities all over the country absolutely have incidents between cars and pedestrians simply due to the nature of city driving. DC can also be especially bad because of the government’s ineptitude in addressing the issue. They aren’t mutually exclusive.
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