[seydor]

bears cannot be built safer

[jollofricepeas]

I too am concerned with the bear problem in America. They flout our laws and they’re always illegally crossing our borders! We need stronger politicians who would construct a wall to keep the bears out.

[fouc]

neither can humans be built safer either

[jdjdjdhhd]

Surely cars can and we have seen it over and over

[mattnewton]

Cars are safer for their occupants, but never really safer for pedestrians. We’re probably making them less safe for pedestrians with all the additional armor and higher center of mass.

[jdjdjdhhd]

> but never really safer for pedestrians.

They can... Automatic breaking is a thing... My car almost had me have an accident while breaking for me (three times)... But it will get better

[mattnewton]

Hypothetically they could but it appears we are making them less safe for pedestrians and cyclists -

From 2020

> an estimated 38,800 [fatal accidents] that occurred on American streets last year. Pedestrians and cyclists accounted for 8,800 of those fatalities — 23% of the total, up from 6,300 in 2010, when they comprised just 17%. During that period, fatalities for automobile occupants fell

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-08-12/why-are-c...

[vkou]

The only way to make cars hitting pedestrians safer for pedestrians is making cars slower, which is a non-starter.

[tshaddox]

There are however ways to make cars hit pedestrians less.

[myshpa]

1] less cars

2] get cars our of cities (see Amsterdam, for example)

3] smaller cars

Smaller cars hit your legs and throw you over the car.

SUVs/trucks hit you in the chest, and drag you under the car.

[Ekaros]

Ban pedestrians. Also an realistic and effective option.

[ethanbond]

With terrible externalities, sure.

[kykeonaut]

Yet