The chart showing the increase in U.S. pedestrian deaths doesn’t seem such a mystery to me. It seems to correlate pretty well to the increase of people living on the street. A significant portion of the homeless population is some combination of drug impaired, mentally disturbed, or otherwise socially defiant. They don’t confine themselves to well-lit crosswalks and seem to assert their pedestrian right-of-way as a general F.U. to the motoring public, or just lack situational awareness. It often does not go well, especially at night.
The chart showing the increase in U.S. pedestrian deaths doesn’t seem such a mystery to me. It seems to correlate pretty well to the increase of people living on the street. A significant portion of the homeless population is some combination of drug impaired, mentally disturbed, or otherwise socially defiant. They don’t confine themselves to well-lit crosswalks and seem to assert their pedestrian right-of-way as a general F.U. to the motoring public, or just lack situational awareness. It often does not go well, especially at night.