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This meme implies this is only an issue of personal responsibility ; but in truth to actually lower car deaths we need a systemic approach.
Think of cigarette companies laying blame at "addictive personalities". They knew making people personally responsible would not threaten their business, whereas public policies against tobacco did.
This post is doing the same thing : when an accident happens we should not just ask "who is to blame?" but also "how do we prevent it in the future?", which in this case means redesigning streets to be friendlier to pedestrians and developing other modes of transportation.
Design infrastructure to be actively hostile to cars. It's the best way to be pro environment, pro bike, pro a better future
This meme is a parody of PSAs aimed at telling people walking and cycling how to avoid getting hit. Y'know, the personal responsibilty + victim-blaming approach.