[babo]

I prefer not to be hit, even if it's not fatal.

[almost_usual]

Chronic nerve pain or lifelong paralysis doesn’t sound great

[AnthonyMouse]

Then it's a good thing that almost never happens at such low speeds.

But it does happen at even moderately higher speeds. Isn't that the argument used to justify all of those traffic calming measures? Make people feel less safe so they act more safe? Doing this is exactly the opposite of that, so either one of them is wrong or the other is.