While cars have been getting safer for passengers, they remain deadly on the outside for just about everyone else.
Chris WoodyardLOS ANGELES – Cycling on picturesque Mulholland Highway through bucolic, tree-studded hills, Milt Olin probably never saw the car that killed him.
The number of auto drivers and passengers killed in accidents slid for the third straight year, down 1% compared with 2017.cyclist and pedestrian death percentage estimates, a sharp reversal from declines the previous year, underscore a troubling trend: While cars have been getting safer for occupants, they remain potentially deadly for those outside the vehicle.
Friedman said he thinks it's time to go further by requiring pedestrian and bicyclist detection in vehicles. Most emergency braking systems are intended to prevent damage to other vehicles and injury to their passengers, but he said the consequences of hitting unprotected cyclists and pedestrians are more severe.
The tragedy motivated Louise Olin to create a charity, the Milt Olin Foundation, dedicated to education about the dangers of distracted driving. She hands out smartphone mounts that attach to cars' dashboard vents, so drivers can keep their eyes on the road instead of looking down at their phones.
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