Smartphone adoption tracks America's pedestrian death spike almost perfectly. The problem: every other country has smartphones too.
  • benjirenji@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Road design also matters. European roads with heavy pedestrian traffic are often too narrow for speeding or have obstacles. American roads often look like a high way and only the signaling may suggest otherwise.

    • x00z@lemmy.world
      English
      2·
      29 days ago

      This is a big reason. I don’t even feel safe checking my phone when it’s in a holder, which is legally allowed where I live in Europe.