The primary issue isn’t that American children are less capable but that American neighborhoods are unsafe. In many suburban developments in the United States it isn’t safe to walk to anywhere of interest (excepting the neighboring houses). Residential areas are often separated from commercial and recreational areas by high speed automobile traffic lanes with little-to-no pedestrian infrastructure.
On top of that, most Americans drove SUV or straight up trucks (disguised as pickup). Those are so high that most people hit cannot roll over it and straight get the blunt force and die
The U.S. is a big country, whether large vehicles are the most popular depends on what state you live in.
That being said, anyone from Europe will notice that there are way more of these trucks (designed in a lethal manner as you described) than they have ever seen before, no matter what part of the U.S. they visit.
This simply isn’t true. Crime rates have fallen significantly, including violent crime. In addition, car accidents and pedestrian deaths have also decreased significantly per capita compared to 30+ years ago, though has been on the rise in the last decade or two depending on the study.
This is entirely being driven by changing perceptions in America due to the 24h news cycle and sensationalized national news.
I wasn’t referring to crime rates at all, just the dangers of American traffic infrastructure. And in that context I’m not interested in comparing the rates of traffic injury/death over the past X years but with other developed countries.
The primary issue isn’t that American children are less capable but that American neighborhoods are unsafe. In many suburban developments in the United States it isn’t safe to walk to anywhere of interest (excepting the neighboring houses). Residential areas are often separated from commercial and recreational areas by high speed automobile traffic lanes with little-to-no pedestrian infrastructure.
On top of that, most Americans drove SUV or straight up trucks (disguised as pickup). Those are so high that most people hit cannot roll over it and straight get the blunt force and die
The U.S. is a big country, whether large vehicles are the most popular depends on what state you live in.
That being said, anyone from Europe will notice that there are way more of these trucks (designed in a lethal manner as you described) than they have ever seen before, no matter what part of the U.S. they visit.
They are so much less capable tho.
This simply isn’t true. Crime rates have fallen significantly, including violent crime. In addition, car accidents and pedestrian deaths have also decreased significantly per capita compared to 30+ years ago, though has been on the rise in the last decade or two depending on the study.
This is entirely being driven by changing perceptions in America due to the 24h news cycle and sensationalized national news.
I wasn’t referring to crime rates at all, just the dangers of American traffic infrastructure. And in that context I’m not interested in comparing the rates of traffic injury/death over the past X years but with other developed countries.