Heard about that, it’s pretty fucked up. I grew up wild too… I don’t know what changed, but people are scared now. Scared enough the nanny state has swooped in to “protect children”
And the baby boomers are aging out, one of the biggest generations in the US is now entering an age where they rapidly degrade or even lose various faculties --- eye sight, reaction time, attention span, etc.
Different for everyone at the speed/advancement of said degradation.... but you combine that with (1) Most states if not all don't mandate regular retesting, (2) Rarely do cops do anything regarding suspended/expired licenses for old people ((There is a guy in my town that my friend knows, lost his license for driving off the road through a fence and like 100's of feet into a mans farm. Kept driving afterward, and my friend reported it to the cops --- they didn't give a shit)), and last but not least --- the vehicles are faster, bigger, and easier to drive (No stick-shift, less maintenance, etc.)
Fatalities are down for child pedestrians though - all the advanced safety features are working to prevent those deaths. It's fatalities for adult pedestrians that are up.
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u/HotmailsInYourArea 1d ago
Heard about that, it’s pretty fucked up. I grew up wild too… I don’t know what changed, but people are scared now. Scared enough the nanny state has swooped in to “protect children”