Comment on Robotaxis can break traffic laws without fines under new California rules

HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• pedz@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  TBF kids are already getting killed by other cars and society deems it an acceptable loss for being able to take cars everywhere.

  In 2023, there’s been 12 fatalities of kids under 4 years old in Canada, and 48 fatalities between 4 and 14 years old. All ages, it’s a total of nearly 2000 dead in a year in Canada alone for 2023.

  When a kid dies in a pool we nearly ban them and strengthen regulations. Cities pay inspectors to make sure people have fences around their pool.

  When a kid gets clipped by a fast moving cyclist it makes the news. Dangerous cyclists are roaming the streets at high speed, nearly killing children! What an outrage!

  But when cars kill a few thousand people every year, one every 30 seconds on the planet, it’s the price we have to pay for this convenience. We can’t stop the world turning. Our economies would collapse without cars so we can’t really impose any regulations on them. They’re EsSeNtIAl.

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