Two adults also injured as woman in her 40s arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in Wimbledon

Sorry if this is too dark for this sub. But, seriously, fuck cars.

    • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      Could’ve been an airplane too. Could’ve been a falling satellite. Possibility is not the same as probability.

      While I’m not fond of bus drivers, they’re more likely to be professionals respecting driving rules and safe working conditions, getting checkups, with the vehicles also getting regular checkups. There are also way fewer buses. The problem is cars.

    • lildictator@feddit.nlEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      In Canada we see cars hitting buildings much more often than buses hitting buildings. There are likely multiple reasons for that, but one factor is surely that the number of drunk bus drivers speeding down the streets is much lower.

      Obtaining a driving license is too easy and losing it is too hard.

      • CookieJarObserver@feddit.deEnglish
        210·
        1 year ago

        I doubt that there are less drunk bus or truck drivers.

        But drunk driving in general should result in getting the license reworked for at least a year.

        • feduser934@vlemmy.netEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          I doubt that there are less drunk bus or truck drivers.

          This seems strange to me. Why do you doubt this? Even if bus / truck drivers drive drunk at the same rates as car drivers, there would be less drunk bus / truck drivers due to the numbers.

          The absolute number is whats important because each drunk driver you add is extremely dangerous to society.

          Also if society moved away from car driving, the loss in car vehicle miles traveled would not be compensated for by equal increases in truck / bus vehicle miles traveled because trucks and busses aggregate many trips together.