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Homicidal Motorists or Suicidal Pedestrians? Florida Leads the Nation

posted by martyb on Friday February 01 2019, @04:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the Walking-Dead dept.

SpockLogic writes:

Between 2008 and 2017, drivers struck and killed 49,340 people who were walking on streets all across the United States. That’s more than 13 people per day, or one person every hour and 46 minutes. It’s the equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people crashing—with no survivors—every single month.

https://smartgrowthamerica.org/dangerous-by-design/

Florida has 8 of the most lethal metropolitan areas in the top 10. Going to visit the Mouse? Don't say you haven't been warned.

Full disclosure, I live in the #1 most dangerous area of the state and have learned to be careful.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @04:34AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @04:34AM (#794872)

    Florida is the Belgium of the USA.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @04:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 01 2019, @04:51AM (#794875)

    Now I like to tease Florida like anyone else, but calling them Belgium??? The worst word in the galaxy? You monster!

    * apologies to any Belgians, it is a HHGTTG reference

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday February 01 2019, @05:03AM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Friday February 01 2019, @05:03AM (#794879)

    Filled with chocolate and beer? Mmmmm ....

    • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday February 01 2019, @05:29AM (1 child)

      by MostCynical (2589) on Friday February 01 2019, @05:29AM (#794887) Journal

      No, hitmen [imdb.com]

      --
      "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

      • (Score: 2) by SixGunMojo on Friday February 01 2019, @01:05PM

        by SixGunMojo (509) on Friday February 01 2019, @01:05PM (#795006)

        Man, I love that flick. Every time this guy [imdb.com] shows up in a movie and someone asks "Who is that?" I'm always answering "It's the Canadian." I get a lot of WTF looks. My social circle has no taste in movies.