Pedestrian deaths spike in U.S. as reckless driving surges
In Austin Texas we have an absurdly well marked crosswalk on the way to the elementary school, to a close approximation nobody has ever stopped to let us cross.  Our daughter was nearly killed once, so far.<p>It seems so many people in America are so fat now they don’t imagine people would ever walk, so they drive without regard for pedestrians and active hostility towards cyclists and park in the way of sidewalks, making walking or riding bikes to school seem so scary and unpleasant  that few kids do it anymore, leading to more fat Americans who would never imagine walking.  It is really depressing.