Tag: cars into buildings
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Watch: Why cars rarely crash into buildings in the Netherlands
With all the discussion recently about how people crash a car or truck into a Seattle building about twice a week, a commenter reminded me of a Not Just Bikes video from a couple years ago about why this rarely happens in the Netherlands:
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People crash cars and trucks into Seattle buildings twice a week on average
Make eye contact, wear bright clothes and only cross the street at designated locations. These are common instructions dictated to people trying to navigate our cities on foot in order to avoid getting hit by a car. What advice then should we be telling our homes and businesses, which were struck by cars and trucks…
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Bellevue Police: It’s perfectly legal to crash a car into a home and crush a crib holding a sleeping baby
This is a public safety announcement from the Bellevue Police Department: Reinforce your baby’s room, because there is no law against someone crashing their car into your home and smashing into your baby’s crib. We are at car vs building @ Hampton Greens Apts. Car crash into nursery, stopped against crib w/ baby inside, baby…
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