Serious question? Has there been any study into why the stats are higher there?
I’d be tempted to say it’s because giant trucks that cowboys tend to prefer have both a) lower pedestrian visibility, and b) higher mass, leading to greater damage in a collision with something soft and fleshy like a human.
However…I’m the first person to admit that correlation is not causation. Was just wondering if studies have been done.
I lived in Dallas for 20 years. It is because nobody walks there. Cross walks are rare and even if there is one nobody minds them. Downtown Dallas is not like you typical grid system. There are winding roads, all sorts strange merges. So many intersections where 3 lanes turn into 2 and other stuff like that.
Plus you have highways galore that cut right through. North and South you have I-35, Dallas North Tollway, and Hwy 75/I-45 all with speed limits upwards of 70 MPH. East and West you have I-20 and I-30, plus a 1 miles stretch where pretty much every single one of these roads merge with each other.
Then once you get outside of the downtown area you have massive 4-6 lane roads, where once again drivers are never watching for pedestrians. It was a city 100% built around the car.
Straight open roads, not enough protected crossings. People cross at night and get hit by drivers who can’t see someone on a perfectly lit, perfectly visible road.
Serious question? Has there been any study into why the stats are higher there?
I’d be tempted to say it’s because giant trucks that cowboys tend to prefer have both a) lower pedestrian visibility, and b) higher mass, leading to greater damage in a collision with something soft and fleshy like a human.
However…I’m the first person to admit that correlation is not causation. Was just wondering if studies have been done.
I lived in Dallas for 20 years. It is because nobody walks there. Cross walks are rare and even if there is one nobody minds them. Downtown Dallas is not like you typical grid system. There are winding roads, all sorts strange merges. So many intersections where 3 lanes turn into 2 and other stuff like that.
Plus you have highways galore that cut right through. North and South you have I-35, Dallas North Tollway, and Hwy 75/I-45 all with speed limits upwards of 70 MPH. East and West you have I-20 and I-30, plus a 1 miles stretch where pretty much every single one of these roads merge with each other.
Then once you get outside of the downtown area you have massive 4-6 lane roads, where once again drivers are never watching for pedestrians. It was a city 100% built around the car.
Straight open roads, not enough protected crossings. People cross at night and get hit by drivers who can’t see someone on a perfectly lit, perfectly visible road.