People on bikes may be rude and may not follow the rules, but can’t be aggressive.

When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.

Original stripe from the Onion: https://www.theonion.com/bum-rush-hour-1846606314

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It would be very good for pedestrian deaths if somebody spray painted a garbage can black, put it on that crosswalk in the middle of the night, and filled it with bricks. That way, all the people who drive their cars too fast will crash into it and learn to be more careful.

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How about we build a raised crosswalk so cars naturally have to slow down to cross it, which will make them more aware of anyone attempting to cross at the crosswalk and lower the speed, which will lower impact forces, if they still get hit.

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Great idea!

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Pretty sociopathic

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Cars have crumple zones. Nobody would be hurt, and it would prevent pedestrians from being hurt in the future.

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Except for the fact that people sometimes get seriously injured in 15 mph accidents all the time

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you realize that not everyone is as healthy/strong as the average man. do you really want an elderly person or a chronically ill person subjected to a head on collision ?

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