Even in the early days of the pandemic, the National Safety Council found that the emptier roads were proving to be more deadly, with a 14 percent jump in roadway deaths per miles driven in March.
Could it be blacks are move likely to walk in streets?
Fatherlessness.
Like all black afflictions.
Obviously, it’s the evil SUVs driven by white folk who’s to blame.
It can’t be their mama’s never taught them not to play in the street or cross only at the cross walks.
In Austin, people are constantly trying to skip across busy I-35. They rarely make it. But they try, try again.
Walking while listening to music that's too loud?
Driving without a seat belt?
All sorts of bad things happen to people who think the 'rules' don't apply to them. Which is a very common belief in democrat parts of the black community. (yes, it's also why their crime rate is higher than any other racial group in the United States) Char Adams needs to 'get real'... read traffic reports... find out the 'whys' rather than assuming racism...
Since the pedestrian deaths are unchanged during the period that saw a marked increase in black people dying in car accidents, we should maybe look at other factors. During the pandemic, cars sales soared and as a result everything including older vehicles are selling for more money.
Given that the biggest increases in accident factors were from people not wearing seat belts and from people being ejected from the car during the accident, maybe there were more first time drivers? Those two things, no seat belts and ejection from the car are the types of mistakes that new drivers tend to make. What if the whole conclusion this article is making is wrong and this increase is due to an overall increase in automotive mobility in the black community?
“Could it be blacks are move likely to walk in streets?”
...or high on drugs, alcohol or such; or unlicensed drivers or DUI? Just sayin....
Hmmm... Let’s see.
Could it be any of the following?
Do they tend to own older or less expensive/safe vehicles?
Are they less likely to wear seat belts?
Are they more likely to drive while high or drunk?
Are they more likely to speed or drive erratically?
Are they involved in more automobile accidents?
Nope, can’t look at anything like that.. it must be racism on the part of first responders and medical professionals.
Bad drivers?
On the way to work this morning I was in the right lane and some fool passed me on the right by jumping half his car up onto the sidewalk. As soon as he was past, his car was back fully in the street as he sped off at twice the speed of anyone else.
Drivers like this are what causes accidents.
There was zero discussion about where the alleged accidents occurred, nor the type of accident that lead to the statistic. Total generalization. My EEOC training taught me generalizing about people = bigotry.
Big blue cities, dense population, terrible drivers and jaywalking is a tough combo.
Well it’s obvious, if blacks are too dumb to get a voter ID then it’s probably a given they’re too dumb to drive( spoken tongue in cheek like a democrat).
Whitey wrote the traffic laws and sensible safety rules and "The Man" ain't gonna make me comply - that's racist!
That's actually a blessing since it reduces the number of drive-by shootings in black neighborhoods, and fewer blacks dying while driving under the influence of drugs, and alcohol. Still fewer being stopped for traffic violations, which means fewer will have to resist arrest, and end up being shot by white cops.
Blacks walk in the middle of the road, this is a known fact based stereotype. Why do you think they call white folks Honky? Because we honk the horn to goose them off the street.
Many of the Black drivers I see are driving cars without plates, weaving in and out of traffic, going way over the speed limit.
Bubba Smolette says it is caused by white drivers hanging nooses from their car mirrors.
Equally impressive, Asian/Pacific Islander fatalities were down -29% over the same period.
response to headline:
for the same reasons blacks are disproportionately being murdered;disproportionately killing others, both black and white; disproportionately birthing children by single mothers; etc.
Could be their vision is blocked.
Perhaps too many think the laws of physics shouldn’t apply to them.
Inertia is a bitch.
Maybe they should stop chewing gum while walking .... distraction kills.