Every time I read this my heart breaks for the families. Of course the driver was in his seventies. Of course the police will never question if he took meds forbidding him to operate heavy machinery.
Edit: took it down. Did not see someone fast faster than I I
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I have a hard time imagining how it would lead to more broken ankles.
A 6" curb is easier to mistep on then a 24" high wall that someone has to climb over.
Not to mention, most areas that sidewalk curbs are located are in areas where pedestrians aren’t going to be crossing.
Obviously you would leave a 48"-60" gap in the tall curb in areas that you are actually meant to access / walk through like crosswalks.
@Pyr_Pressure Are you talking about a curb or a wall between the street & the sidewalk? Regardless, people don’t cross exclusively at crosswalks, people who park along the street need to get onto the sidewalk, etc. Turning sidewalks into fortresses would be highly inefficient and have a lot of unintended consequences. We need more limits on where and how fast cars can go and safety features like automatic braking to prevent crashes, not to rearrange the whole built environment for cars again.
Obviously it wouldn’t be a one size fits all locations situation
If there’s parking nearby use bollards.
If it’s a road way with vehicles driving parallel to a sidewalk instead of a 6" tall curb make it a concrete wall instead 24" high with gaps where crosswalks are located.