Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.::Pedestrian automatic emergency braking (AEB), which may become mandatory on U.S. cars in the future, tends to not perform well in the dark.

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    1 year ago

    As a pedestrian, this is why wearing high viz/lighted clothing at night is so important.

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      1 year ago

      A high percentage of the people who are hit at night are on drunk, drugs, or mentally ill. Not exactly the type to heed this advice. Maybe homeless services could pass out reflective clothes.

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        1 year ago

        I would absolutely love a source on that one, still not a great look to disregard safety and life so nonchalantly

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        1 year ago

        A high percentage of drivers are drunk, on drugs, or mentally ill* especially those hitting people

        Most drivers wouldn’t exactly take the advice of “pay attention to the fucking road so you dont kill people” and should have their licenses stripped from them. America’s dependence on cars had made the bar for getting permission to drive a 4000 lb death machine far too low