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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Traffic cameras disproportionately hit black drivers[/quote]

How is this possible? Are they designed to only take a picture if the driver is black?[/quote]

There's been a million studies all showing black drivers are far more likely to be ticketed by cameras. Some cities have dropped cameras because of it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chicagos-race-neutral-traffic-cameras-ticket-black-and-latino-drivers-the-most[/quote]

+1[/quote]

Once again, ignoring that black pedestrians are far more likely die in traffic deaths, to be struck/killed pedestrians. Let's focus on the people dying here and how to prevent that.[/quote]

Has there been a single black pedestrian who has died this year in a traffic accident? Traffic deaths are quite rare in Washington D.C. [/quote]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/02/23/dc-traffic-deaths-highest-record/[/quote]

PS that article was from Feb 2022. 25 deaths so far in 2022 but cannot say the breakdown by race a DC doesn't publish that to my knowledge. Important to note that just because someone doesn't actually die doesn't mean they weren't permanently and profoundly affected. [/quote]

Your chances of dying in a traffic accident in Washington DC are roughly the same as being killed by a lighting strike. [/quote]

What a useless comment. [/quote]

Traffic deaths in DC are a little bit like plane crashes or being attacked by a shark. When one happens, everyone hears about it. But that doesnt change the fact that they are statistically rare. There are more than 1 million people in DC during the day. If 24 people are killed each year on D.C. rounds, that's out of hundreds of millions of trips. Statistically, that's not that different than the three people in D.C. who have been killed this year by lightning. [/quote]

This is the strange thing about Vision Zero. It's aimed at something that rarely happens in the first place and because it's trying to prevent something that barely ever happens, it's highly unlikely to be successful. [/quote]

You must not work in the safety arena, so here's a primer.  If you want to reduce pinnacle events (e.g., death) then you work on preventing 2nd order events (e.g., injuries), and try to minimize 3rd order events (e.g., near misses).  Track the second and third and see how your actions are moving us either closer to or farther from pinnacle events.

And yes, the mayor is just paying lip service so you don't see any of that being done.[/quote]

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