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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•10 months agoFacts disagree with you. Humans have about an 80% chance of surviving a 25 mph impact. https://www.propublica.org/article/unsafe-at-many-speeds
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-5•10 months agoThe article you linked doesn’t say what you claim it says. It discusses a 25moh car hitting a pedestrian, which is wildly different from a true 25mph impact in general, because most pedestrians will try to dodge.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 months agoAnd do you have some data for the “most pedestrians will try to dodge” claim?
Facts disagree with you. Humans have about an 80% chance of surviving a 25 mph impact.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unsafe-at-many-speeds
The article you linked doesn’t say what you claim it says. It discusses a 25moh car hitting a pedestrian, which is wildly different from a true 25mph impact in general, because most pedestrians will try to dodge.
And do you have some data for the “most pedestrians will try to dodge” claim?