Comment 110271

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted March 17, 2015 at 09:54:06 in reply to Comment 110269

I'm not sure what you mean.

That pedestrians who are killed and injured on one-way streets must obviously be at fault (rather than the drivers whose responsibility it is to ensure they do not hit pedestrians)?

Or, are you referring to the fact that children are 2.5 times as likely to be injured on one-way streets than two-way streets (and that they must also obviously be at fault)?

Drivers are tested and licensed to operate dangerous vehicles. The vast majority of streets are two-way (even in Hamilton). Knowing how to deal with oncoming traffic in a two-way street is a basic skill of driving.

If the evidence were that narrow two-way streets and street calming measures are dangerous to drivers, then you would have a point. But drivers complaining that they don't know how to drive on such streets is an entirely different issue.

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