Giacometti
Is increased police enforcement keeping the streets safer for the likes of this walking man?
Based upon news coverage thus far, 2014, is
the year of the vehicle-vs.-pedestrian incident (we have been implored to cease using the malleable term "accident.").
Blaming hapless pedestrians for their own plights --
You! Put away the phone and walk! -- would appear to be solely the domain of contrarians looking to stir the pot. That being said, the number of incidents, let alone fatalities, is still low enough that it's hard to draw strong conclusions on what's going on. The sample size is just too small.
In any event, one conclusion that's not in doubt is that the cops have
ratcheted up enforcement.This glut of tickets, headline writers assure us, is to "
Curb Pedestrian Deaths." Good luck there.
But, it warrants asking, what if that's not the only reason this is happening?