It’s a combination. And even though those trucks might be a minority on the road in the US, the percentage of those monstrosities is still more compared to in europe. Over here they are a rarity. I bet if you compare those percentages to the percentages of accidents with fatalities that you see a similarity.
We have pedestrian friendly infrastructure and we don’t drive penis size compensating trucks. Cars close to pedestrians are forced to go slow and if they would swivel off the road, the curbs and other stuff like trees are there to stop cars before they hit anyone, or force the wheels away from the sidewalks to steer the car back on the road. So even when people are dumb enough to be on their phone, the risk of a fatal accident with a pedestrian is limited. Giant trucks just ram over and through everything, splashing any pedestrian in their path. Especially if there aren’t any sidewalks and cars are allowed to drive really fast. Contrary to the US we actually value human lives so we built our cities to be safe for bikes and pedestrians.
Normally this news would be huge, but since it’s DB it’s nothing out of the ordinary.
This fascist should not get any attention.
I didn’t hear about this. Thanks to Elon, now I do. If i would have heard about it, I would have thought: could be true, could be exaggerated. But he immediately sues, so it’s probably true otherwise it wouldn’t trigger him that much. Way to go dumbass Elon!
What democracy? Americans don’t know what that is. In a democracy everyone has an equal vote, while in the US that’s not the case. There is voter corruption, gerrymandering, it’s harder to vote in black neighborhoods, companies can buy votes, companiea can buy politicians, etc.
I wish Vivaldi wasn’t Chrome, I wish they didn’t sell Opera to a Chinese predatory loan company, but I find this browser to be the best by far. It has a lot of privacy functions built in, so no third party extensions needed. And remember, with almost everything that is free, you and your data is the product. So less companies hoarding in tour data is a plus. Next to that it’s so user friendly. Mouse gestures, tab grouping, built in Proton VPN option, and so much more. Really a browser made to personalize and for ergonomics.
Don’t you dare to restrict our anonymous crimes against humanity!
there are 100 computers hiding in your car right now
Wow! I have a car?
Science back then: after long work we were able to create a vaccine, and we managed to eradicate small pox completely.
Science now: we did a study to prove something on Facebook isn’t true.
I’m a bit sceptical… Who wrote this article and what were it’s sources? Could it be AI with The Onion as a source? Wouldn’t be the first time a satirical article was used as a source for a real news paper.
Yup, without guns these people would be a lot less dangerous so I would feel safer. Also, are they plotting to murder you? Are you in organized crime and do you have a lot of enemies who want to see you dead? Do you get a lot of death threads or something?
Even is someone would break into you house it’s probably to steal your TV. You don’t need a gun to kill them for that, it’s a fucking TV. Buy better locks.
Is there an armed robbery in the store you are at? Lay on the ground, follow their instructions. They just want the register money. No need to escalate the situation with gunfire. They get the money, they leave. Or there’s a shootout, you, bystanders and the robbers get shot, all of you either die or get insane medical bills and possibly get handicapped so you can’t work anymore, end up homeless and die of a fentanyl overdose.
So unless someone is plotting to kill you, you don’t need a gun and you would be safer without one, as the chance of getting hurt by your own gun or by cops because they see you with a gun is significantly higher than you actually needing to protect yourself, and also a situation where you owning a gun actually made a positive difference in the outcome of a violent situation.
I really like guns, I love to shoot guns for sports. I’ve used many guns during my military service. I’m am so insanely happy guns aren’t allowed here. The only people with guns here are cops, the military, a handful of hunters and sports shooters and organized crime. Those gun owning criminals aren’t plotting to murder me, so I’m better off without a gun and so is everyone else.
Americans refuse to give up their guns because they claim they need their gums to protect themselves, while they see all the children dying in school shootings (and other people in useless gum violence) as colatheral damage to keep their stupid guns. Many also don’t want to keep their guns in safes because it would take too long to get them whenever someone is out to murder them (because they have loads of enemies or something? So far the amount of people coming for me to murder me is zero). And then they use the gun on a dark silhouette when they hear a weird sound at night, then to find out it’s their spouce/kid etc. Or they get depressed because they had to go to the hospital and got a bull of 200k and they grab the gun and end it. These are statistics. But no matter what, Americans have no boundaries when it comes to making sacrifices, including their own kids, to keep their stupid guns right next to their bed, or even under the shower. It’s just dumb beyond comprehension. Dystopian fiction authors couldn’t come up with this shit.
Sorry for replying the way I did. Your comment was a standard American ignorant reply, that’s why I reacted that way. But if you’re Danish and didn’t know about how fucking dumb and stupid Americans actually are with their gun laws and bullshit excuses (can’t know everything from every country), then my comment was misplaced. So sorry for that.
And we definitely do not speak the same language. Although I love Danish, I do not understand a word of it.
Sorry, let me translate to US English:
Guns bad! Pew pew = ouch ouch! No pew pew = no ouch ouch!
Get it?
“BuT I nEeD tO PrOtEcT mAh FaMiLy”
The chances of you or one of your family member using the gun on your/themselves, and being shot by accident by a family member, are each exponentially higher than you actually having the need to use a gun to protect yourself. Even in a third world country like the US.
There are so many examples of places on this world where it statistically shows banning guns reduce deaths and injuries. The US is THE example why gun ownership is a bad idea. But sure, go ahaid and kill eachother and yourself. Just keep your dystopian violence on your side of the ponds and borders. Fucking idiots.
Mate, it’s literally documented that Epstein was gaining blackmail material on his guests because he was being paid by the Mossad. Next to that the leaks from the Kremlin said Putin has blackmail material on Trump as well, which are Epstein file related things.
Chemtrails, flat earth, fake moonlanding, lizard people etc are all bullshit conspiracies. Epstein working for the Mossad is just proven fact, as well as him gaining blackmail evidence on his guests including diaper Donny.
The idea Israel is using this blackmail material in these times where the Epstein files keep on being a bugger to Trump, to pull the US into a war with Iran, is indeed a conspiracy. But it’s one that actually has a high probability of being factual true.
Don’t forget the Trump files, that Epstein collected on him for the Mossad to force them into war together with Israel if needed, like with Iran for example, and which Epstein also sold pieces of to Putin.
FIFA wants to give the a new prise they just made for me, the world piece (of shit) price for the most honorably mentions in the Epstein files. It even comes with a medal.
He may be a dumb loser but don’t forget he’s also in the Epstein files.
I bet it’s not the people who fucked it up that got arrested. Just the bystanders launching at it.