• Dabundis@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Easy enough to imagine a driver (understandably) swerving to avoid killing a cyclist and losing control of the car

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      11 months ago

      Not to mention the psychological effects if an accident does happen… ‘Unsafe’ doesn’t have to only mean physical injury or death…

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        11 months ago

        I agree. As long as there are drivers, there will be shitty drivers, so it’s worthwhile to design roads in a way that minimizes the chance that shitty driving will kill people.