Road design, safety and Vision Zero

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I am sure it has been studied, or could be, but there isn't much of an appetite for reporting anything that might blame pedestrians for some of the accidents. The fact that pedestrians are being run over by trains and the ION is proof that many people just don't give a crap.

Of course, that also means that motorists need to keep an eye out for all pedestrians, even the ones that appear to be doing everything right. When I drive, I try to constantly scan, not just the road, but also sidewalks for people. You just never know.

Please don't be silly, this is an utterly ridiculous claim, pedestrians (and cyclists to an even greater extent) are constantly blamed by the media. FFS I literally posted about this a few pages back, where two peds were hit in London and the media published a list of "they should have worn this to not be killed". And these are in the instances where peds aren't found at fault. In the very rare case they are, you better believe that'll be in the news report.

Society is heterogeneous. People who do studies might not be interested in doing these studies, while the media does like to lay blame without evidence.