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But again, here in the US we are an order of magnitude less likely to be hit by a car. EDIT: Than being in a car accident

Obviously we could get into incentives and prioritizing pedestrian safety and urbanizing. But if you take the current status quo of where Americans live and how they drive, I can very much understand regulators choosing to prioritize the safety regulations that will save the largest number of lives on the roads we have now.

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You're right, I misrepresented the idea. Part of the thing is that US roads are just so much more dangerous in every way. Here's the actual data:

US pedestrian fatalities 2 per 100k. US driver fatalities ~7 per 100k.

European pedestrian fatalities: 0.5 per 100k. European driver fatalities: ~2 per 100k.

So it's somewhat understandable that regulators may disproportionately favor crash protection for drivers.

It's especially concerning when you see that US drivers tend to drive huge tanks. Whereas in Europe we have a lot of tiny compact cars. And yet they still die in the US in larger numbers :O

> But again, here in the US we are an order of magnitude less likely to be hit by a car.

hard disagree, in places where cybertrucks are most sold it is urban populated areas and pedestrian incidents and fatalities are very high

> But again, here in the US we are an order of magnitude less likely to be hit by a car.

Huh - do you have a source for that stat?

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