World News

22081 readers

23 users here now

Breaking news from around the world.

News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

For US News, see the US News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

118

U.S. pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high (text.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by dingus@lemmy.ml to c/news

66 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Thebazilly@pathfinder.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People have been driving like goddamn maniacs ever since the pandemic. It's like the lack of traffic hit a reset switch and made everyone forget how to behave.

[–] lazarus666@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

I was about to ask whether they were killed by car accidents or by drive-by shootings