[fooblitzky]

It's not irrational at all. Car crashes are the leading cause of death for people aged 5-29 [1].

Even if there are other, larger, causes of death, that still doesn't make it irrational to want a city where one major cause of death for children has been eliminated. Especially when the cause of death in question is something as unnecessary as using a car to move around a city.

[1] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffi... [2] https://www.nsc.org/driveithome

[magduf]

Not only is it not irrational, we're also ignoring what we're being forced to give up because of all these cars. Kids can't just run or bike around their neighborhoods safely without worrying about (or their parents worrying about) them being killed. So kids are just staying inside all the time, playing video games and getting fat.

[tptacek]

The streets in my neighborhood are crammed full of kids walking, playing, and biking. Maybe this is an idiosyncrasy of the neighborhood you live in, and not a generalizable truth about America and cars.

[the8472]

5-29 doesn't exactly mean children playing in the road, it can also be drunk teenagers and their car encountering a tree.

[novok]

How much of these deaths are passengers inside the car vs outside?