WalrusDragonOnABike

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[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today -1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Each year in the United States, deer–vehicle collisions resulted in at least 59,000 human injuries and 440 human fatalities.[1]

In 2000, of the 6.1 million lightweight motor vehicle collisions in the US, 1 million involved animal-vehicle collisions. Deer–vehicle collisions lead to about $1.1 billion in property damage every year.[2] State and federal governments, insurance companies, and drivers spend an additional $3 billion in an effort to reduce and manage the increasing number of deer-vehicle collisions.[3]

Majority of animal-involved human deaths in the US are deer-vehicle collisions. Going slower can greatly diminish the frequency and severity of those collisions.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today -3 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Deer will no wear reflectors (except their eyes of you count that) nor active lighting. If you can't see a buggy with reflectors, you're going too fast.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wouldn't expect someone to drive that 20mph on a rural street. In that case, it was near a shopping center and I could clearly see people walking on the sidewalk along the road. Hence why I was going slow. It was an example of driving a speed appropriate to the situation, despite what speed limit signs might suggest are okay on the road. In rural areas around here, its things like deer that are an issue. If you're lights aren't good enough to see something as big as a cow in time to stop, you are going too fast for the road. Doesn't matter if its a 70mph road and you have to go 40mph to be reasonably safe.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

You should be going slow enough that someone can step out suddenly into the road suddenly right in front of you. I've had adults do that to me. Guess who didn't drive into them? I was probably going like 20mph because that's the speed at which I could do that if needed.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today -2 points 3 months ago (11 children)

If you are driving in conditions where 0.1mph is too fast to see an entire buggy without hitting it, you are going too fast

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today -1 points 3 months ago (21 children)

And you should adjust your speed based on those factors. If you can't see a giant object, even with reflectors, you are going far too fast.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago (23 children)

at night on an unlit state road even with good head lights they can be hard to see until you are practically right on top of them.

Children, animals, etc are going to be even harder to see I'd think. Seems like people are just going too fast for the visibility they have...

if you get sick, stay home until you’re better.

Some of us need to make money to pay bills and stuff...

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's possible to only play dozens of hours? I figured it's the type of game where people either drop it within a couple hours or play 100s+

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 21 points 3 months ago (3 children)

"Dead game" in this context refers to games that have low active player count. The obsession with active player count and daily player count is countered by things like daily log-in rewards that turn games into jobs.

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today -3 points 3 months ago

Do they need to? She's not over 80 and she's not Trump.

Are you in a swing state?

L from death note is a commonly given example I think.

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