Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc to Not Just Bikes@feddit.nl · 4 months agoAre Taiwan's Roads Still a "Living Hell"?youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoVerdict: in many places yes. In places with money: less so. Not too surprising, but definitely better than the US.
minus-squaredeejay4am@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoBetter than the US? wtf do you mean we don’t have taxis driving on sidewalks or motorcycles speeding down the wrong side of split avenues.
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoSo you don’t have taxis driving on sidewalks or motorcycles speeding down the wrong side of split avenues and you STILL have about the same road deaths and injuries per pop as Taiwan? (12.1/100k Taiwan 12.6/100k USA)
minus-squareNouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAnd? Highway miles should have even less interaction with pedestrians.
Verdict: in many places yes. In places with money: less so. Not too surprising, but definitely better than the US.
Better than the US? wtf do you mean we don’t have taxis driving on sidewalks or motorcycles speeding down the wrong side of split avenues.
So you don’t have taxis driving on sidewalks or motorcycles speeding down the wrong side of split avenues and you STILL have about the same road deaths and injuries per pop as Taiwan?
(12.1/100k Taiwan 12.6/100k USA)
A lot more miles than Taiwan
Less population density than Taiwan.
Going faster than Taiwan
And? Highway miles should have even less interaction with pedestrians.