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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This is just awful. Senseless pain and death. And preventable.[/b]

If we had more infrastructure for alternate modes of transport, fewer elderly people would insist on driving (so would a lot if other people who might accidentally lose control of a vehicle). The man driving this vehicle could have been on a bus, train, light rail, etc.

If we had stricter emissions requirements for vehicles, we would have smaller, lighter cars that would cause less damage. We could also implement safety standards for cars that assess impact on pedestrisns, I stead of just evaluating how safe a car is fir the people inside it. The vehicle was a large SUV. Had it been a small sedan, there might have been fewer casualties and perhaps no one would have died. SUVs are incredibly dangerous to the human body because they suck bodies down and under the vehicle. Smaller vehicles tend to toss them up and over, which is still terrible but generally less deadly.

If our streets were designed with a focus on pedestrians, diners, shoppers, children, etc., instead of traffic, these incidents are less likely and, even if they do happen, less deadly because cars travel at lower rates of speed and pedestrian areas tend to be protected by sidewalks, trees, bike lanes, etc. Your proximity to traffic is much less.

[b]While the man losing control of his vehicle could indeed “happen to anyone”, there are a half dozen policy choices here that contributed to these people dying. We could make other choices.[/b][/quote]

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Exactly the point.  But, people don't want to take care of their elderly parents, never mind drive them anywhere.  [b]Plus, old people can be stubborn[/b], and their offspring just don't want to deal with them.  What needs to happen is a law that prohibits anyone over 80 driving. Period. Too bad that your children don't want to drive you, they have to step up. [/quote]

You won't get very far with this when you have ageist language and enlist ageist stereotypes. The correct term is "older adults" and they are not a monolith. Plenty of people from 10-80 who are stubborn. [/quote]

PP here.  I'm an old person, so sit down and talk to me when you are my age. [/quote]

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