Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Kill a bunch of cyclists and pedestrians, and the governments will pull the plug on the entire project. Millions, or Billions invested down the drain. Payouts for a few broken eggs vs payouts for killing someone... the company will make the choices following the pocketbook.
But we know this isn’t likely to be true. The government has stood by idly while car makers have stopped making sedans and switched to SUVs. SUV collisions with pedestrians are far more deadly than collisions with cars. Over the last 10 years this has contributed to an increase of almost 60% higher pedestrian deaths compared to 2009 resulting in 1000s of additional pedestrian deaths every year.
The government will mandate safety features to keep drivers safer, but have mandated very few features to keep cyclists or pedestrians safe because it’s not a priority.