NHTSA: Traffic Crashes Cost America $340 Billion in 2019 | NHTSA
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Motor vehicle crashes cost the United States $340 billion a year, according to a study examining the cost of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities.

Also, 36,500 people were killed, and 4.5 million people were injured in the USA in 2019.

This report makes the mistake of blaming individuals for not wearing seatbelts and speeding, when a shift in urban design is necessary to mitigate this disaster.

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
      8·
      1 year ago

      Pretty much this.

      I’d rather be driven somewhere in a luxury Greyhound equivalent funded with the money saved as a result of less driving, rather than sit in traffic idle and inhaling exhaust for hours

      Where I am we now have fully air conditioned electric buses with phone chargers, bankrolled by the govt. It’s nice not having to deal with other drivers on the road

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      5·
      1 year ago

      Nah I’d rather pay 1,000$/yr on average per person in the entire country in than even think about how nice busses would be with that budget

      • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
        41·
        1 year ago

        Pretty much this. I’d rather be driven somewhere in a luxury Greyhound equivalent, rather than sit in traffic idle and inhaling exhaust for hours

        Where I am we now have fully air conditioned electric buses with phone chargers, bankrolled by the govt. It’s nice not having to deal with other drivers on the road