it’s basically because of badly designed infrastructure. Something like 40 cars per year drive into a building in the Greater Toronto Area. This was bound to happen when you put a daycare next to a 4 lane stroad. Why would you even do that, not only is it unsafe it is super bad for the health of those children. And if you look at the building on google maps you basically see zero protections against car crashes, no bollards or concrete planters and the playground is on the side of the road instead of on the other side of the building. No the safe side is for the parking lot. Truly designed by morons. Even if someone is safe driver, if they get sideswiped they could careen straight towards the playground.
If it’s not a building, it’s a bus stop shelter, or a light/power pole, or a group of pedestrians, or cyclists, or e-scooter riders…
We can only design infrastructure to be safe up to a certain extent, but we really need to be getting people out of cars.
Car-dependent cities and public safety are in conflict with each other, so local and provincial governments really need to decide which is the priority. You really can’t have both.
it’s basically because of badly designed infrastructure. Something like 40 cars per year drive into a building in the Greater Toronto Area. This was bound to happen when you put a daycare next to a 4 lane stroad. Why would you even do that, not only is it unsafe it is super bad for the health of those children. And if you look at the building on google maps you basically see zero protections against car crashes, no bollards or concrete planters and the playground is on the side of the road instead of on the other side of the building. No the safe side is for the parking lot. Truly designed by morons. Even if someone is safe driver, if they get sideswiped they could careen straight towards the playground.
If it’s not a building, it’s a bus stop shelter, or a light/power pole, or a group of pedestrians, or cyclists, or e-scooter riders…
We can only design infrastructure to be safe up to a certain extent, but we really need to be getting people out of cars.
Car-dependent cities and public safety are in conflict with each other, so local and provincial governments really need to decide which is the priority. You really can’t have both.