US kids walk to school far less than in the Good Old Days...but there's still a fair amount of walking. And on low-traffic residential streets, there can be quite a bit of de facto playing in the street. So it's still a "passably" target-rich environment for killer robocars.
In the US, letting your children walk to school is taking a non-negligible risk that you'll be charged with a crime or have your children taken away. Their deaths from a motor vehicle are assumed by all to be a certain eventuality, and parents are more likely to be blamed for it than drivers.
bell-cot|9 months ago
usea|9 months ago