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Nine killed in Seoul after car hits pedestrians (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 5 months ago by felixwhynot to c/fuckcars

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Looking at the second photo in the article it looks like it bent the bollards over, which I would guess mightve launched the car into the air...

I think the bigger systemic problem would be the 8 lane roads in the area which enabled enough space for the car to get up enough speed to do that sort of damage to a bollard: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aHDmVJMPt3LKvAeL9?g_st=ac

Another systematic problem is the enbiggening of vehicles in the name of occupants saftey(larger pillars for better rollover protection, and extra passenger cabin rigidity, which also harms visibility for the driver due to wider pillars)