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Pedestrian Deaths Rise Dramatically; Up 46 Percent
[PJ] I live in an area that has a lot of pedestrians and automobile traffic. And it never ceases to amaze me the number of pedestrians who step out into the crosswalk without checking to see if the vehicles are, indeed, stopping. As I tell my children, just 'cause you have the right of way doesn't mean that you're going to be any less dead after the car hits you. A new study highlights the problem as it reveals that pedestrian deaths have risen dramatically over the last few years.
But I continue to read that walking is healthy for you ?
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety writes,

Pedestrian deaths have jumped 46 percent since reaching their lowest point in 2009, as pedestrian crashes have become both deadlier and more frequent. The increase has been mostly in urban or suburban areas, at nonintersections, on arterials ‐ busy roads designed mainly to funnel vehicle traffic toward freeways ‐ and in the dark, a new IIHS study shows. Crashes were increasingly likely to involve SUVs and high-horsepower vehicles.
Posted by: Besoeker 2018-05-20
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=514908