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That's a really stupid way too say 63% of crashes did not involve alcohol. Why not focus on that number instead?
This is apparently part of a comprehensive plan to bring traffic deaths to 0.
https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/08/27/richmond-vision-zero-dangerous-streets
It is possible to get to very near zero deaths.
They could do this by setting much lower speed limits and strictly enforcing them. They'd also need a public awareness campaign, etc. Say, 40MPH on freeways, and 25 everywhere else. There would still be outliers, the rare death would still occur, but it would be damn near zero. Obviously, though, they'd be voted out of office at the next election, so they'd never dare try it.
And, since this is "fuck cars", removing cars completely from downtown streets, replaced with walking, bicycles, and some electric vehicle transportation for the elderly, large parcel deliveries, etc. would also help. Solar panel covered walkways, more trees, and under path heating for snow melting would be good. Though I don't think they get a lot of snow in Virginia. There are many, many ways we could improve our lives, if we'd put aside the petty billionaire-manufactured differences we let divide us, and pulled together instead.
What's needed now is a comprehensive vision, a popular, widespread, realistic visualization of how life could be that avoids showing the social "woke" parts and concentrates on things both sides would agree with. The internet has taught us we need to avoid the trigger subjects because if too many people lock onto those, that's all they'll talk about. Show the bicycles, walkways, trees, solar panels, electric cars, etc. Leave out the people altogether, except sketches like architects use for scale reference. Just show the infrastructure, let people imagine who it's for on their own. Nothing too futuristic, people need to visualize how their current world could be better. If we use AI for anything, it should be stuff like this--use their tools against them.
Reading the document I linked, it seems the prevailing philosophy is, "What is the LEAST we can do to prevent traffic deaths?" They want to find dangerous streets and intersections and then maybe step up police enforcement, which does nothing. We need infrastructure change. Since they've started their project, traffic deaths have doubled, which, you know, maybe is a sign that their approach does not work.
But maybe the idea is just so the city can pretend to care without having to burn any political capital pissing off the auto autocracy.
Putting people in torture cages is profitable for the people whom politicians serve. That's why it's literally the only thing they'll do.
More prisons needed. \s
Probably. "How can we use this project to arrest more people, preferably minority?"
Spoiler: They won't follow through on any of that "comprehensive plan" except for the part where they put people in torture cages.
Edit: Read "the comprehensive plan"... Putting people in cages is their only idea.